I found a book published in 1918 called the grizzly king, which was made a movie in the 80's by Disney and the book is more commonly known by its name, The Bear. It's rather lovely and is, in the authors own words, a reparation for his deeds after his realisations. It's not furry per se, but it's the story of two bears and of course there is dialogue, plus his other books look very nice too, he's very much like Jack London ^_^
