“This is truly an extraordinary collection of perspectives of one of the most symbolically charged creatures on Earth… One comes to see the wolf as a true litmus test of human projections upon the natural world. This book will stir many emotions, both of wonder and horror, and continuously captivate." -- Stephen Kellert, Yale University
Tales of the Wolf (Homestead Publishing, 1996) is a compilation of 51 stories of wolf encounters from across North America, detailing historical perceptions of this legendary animal. The stories, told by such figures as John Audubon and Zane Grey to mountain men and wagon travelers, illustrate wolf encounters in five time periods: tales from Native America, early explorers and naturalists, frontier encounters and old world attitudes, serious killing, and a contrary point of view, detailing the changing perception in the early nineteenth century from wolves as pests to a species worthy of conservation.
Paperback; 350 pages. |
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