Wolf nation : the life, death, and return of wild American wolves / Brenda Peterson.
"In the tradition of Peter Matthiessen's Wildlife in America or Aldo Leopold, Brenda Peterson tells the 300-year history of wild wolves in America. It is also our own history, seen through our relationship with wolves. The earliest Americans revered them. Settlers zealously exterminated them. Now, s...
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| Language: | English |
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Boston, MA :
Da Capo Press,
[2017]
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| Edition: | First Da Capo Press edition. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 292 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Format: | Book |
Contents:
- Prologue: The big, good wolf
- Part one: What we almost lost. 1. An historic rage ; 2. "Who speaks for Wolf?"
- Part two: Wolf wars. 3. Wolf teeth on an airplane wing ; 4. A taxidermist's dream
- Part three: Recovery and backlash. 5. Yellowstone : "a wolf's paradise" ; 6. Trophic cascades : a not-so-simple story ; 7. 06 : the world's most famous wolf ; 8. Old growth and young howls
- Part four: Wolf nation. 9. Wolves and the national commons ; 10. Wolves at play ; 11. Raised by wolves ; 12. Wolf music
- Part five: Wolves return. 13. OR7 : a wolf called Journey ; 14. Sheep highway : coexisting with wolves ; 15. El lobo returns home
- Epilogue: Speaking for wolves
- Organizations working to preserve wild wolves.