The Legend of the Teddy Bear

by Charles R. Hutson

When a seven year old boy receives a teddy bear from his uncle home from the service in 1958, he doesn't fully realize the impact it will have on his life...until 50 years later when he gets the teddy bear bug. In his attempt to understand the hold his teddy has had on him all those years, he sets off on a journey that will lead him to a world of enchantment where it appears that a race of human-like bears once existed. From Germany and Elvis Presley, to Teddy Roosevelt, to the Michtoms and the Steiffs, to Henderson and Bull, to ancient texts in Old World libraries, the boy who has become a man follows the trail searching for the reason for his, indeed for all of our attraction and attachment to this stuffed toy bear lovingly called the Teddy Bear. Discover for yourself the mysterious connections that all humans have to bears and to teddy bears. Discover also the story of the tettibears and their wonderful world that time and humans have forgotten, and their collision with the race called humans.