Gloomy Gus Walt Morey "A warm, engaging story...which is sure to be popular with young animal lovers."-"Library Journal Eric Strong is eleven and lonely. Then he finds Gus, an orphaned cub, and from then on their lives change. They're wanted-by the cruel circus master who try to hurt the bear and by Eric's neglectful father who sees only profit in the friendship between Eric and Gloomy Gus. Together, they run away, and the chase begins.