Novel Magic: How a Giant Bear Inspired a Shifter Legend
Ever hear of Ephraim the Giant Bear? Novel Magic heads out West with Marilyn Barr, author of Dance to a Wylder Beat .Read on to see how the Old West and paranormal romance melt together. Get a sneak peek at this upcoming release. Don’t forget to enter N.N. Light’s May Book Giveaway. Animal Shifters in the Old West by Marilyn Barr I love animal shifter legends and one that caught my attention when researching for “Dance to a Wylder Beat” was the legend of the Ephraim shifters. When Lewis and Clark began their exploration of the western United States, they were surprised to find it teeming with giant bears. It is estimated, in Lewis and Clark’s time, there were over 50,000 grizzly bears and many (now extinct) species of giant black bears in their path. ( Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee ) Any bear on his hind legs taller than a human man was given the name “Ephraim” and known as a danger to herds, crops, and humans. As towns sprung up along the east-west railway line, these ...