Brown eyes and brown bear

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Brown eyes and brown bear

by Frank Richardson Pierce

EN·~16 minutes·1 chapter

Chapters

1 total

Brown eyes and brown bear

16:55

Description

In the rugged wilds of Alaska, two longtime frontiersmen—Dave, a brash self‑proclaimed “bear‑shot king,” and Sam, the more measured partner—spend their days trading barroom boasts and cheap nickels. Their banter is as icy as the snow‑covered terrain, but a restless curiosity about each other’s true grit bubbles beneath the humor. When a tourist schoolteacher named Mary arrives, enchanted by the mythic frontier, Dave’s slick tales about slaying a great brown bear become his currency for love.

Sam, uneasy about the deception, decides to intervene, fearing that Mary’s admiration rests on a lie. He wrestles with loyalty to his friend and the urge to protect a woman who sees Dave as a hero. As snowshoes crunch toward Mary’s cabin, the tension between friendship, honesty, and the untamed wilderness begins to crack, promising a showdown that will test more than just hunting prowess.

Details

Language

en

Duration

~16 minutes (16K characters)

Release date

Aug 4, 2026

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Frank Richardson Pierce

Frank Richardson Pierce

1881–1966

A prolific writer of westerns, adventure tales, and sea stories, he turned decades of travel across the American West and Alaska into vivid fiction. He also wrote for film and worked as a photojournalist, publishing under his own name and the pseudonyms Erle Stanly Pierce and Seth Ranger.

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