Never Cry Wolf: Penguin Modern Classics Edition

Never Cry Wolf: Penguin Modern Classics Edition
ISBN-10
0735252904
ISBN-13
9780735252905
Series
Never Cry Wolf
Category
Nature
Language
English
Published
2017-05-02
Publisher
National Geographic Books
Author
Farley Mowat

Description

"We have doomed the wolf not for what it is, but for what we deliberately and mistakenly perceive it to be – the mythologized epitome of a savage, ruthless killer – which is, in reality, no more than the reflected image of ourself." —from the Preface Never Cry Wolf is a brilliant narrative on the myth and magic of wild wolves and man's true place among the creatures of nature. Hordes of bloodthirsty wolves are slaughtering the arctic caribou, and the government's Wildlife Service assigns naturalist Farley Mowat to investigate. Mowat is dropped alone onto the frozen tundra, where he begins his mission to live among the howling wolf packs and study their ways. Contact with his quarry comes quickly, and Mowat discovers not a den of marauding killers but a courageous family of skillful providers and devoted protectors of their young. As Mowat comes closer to the wolf world, he comes to fear with them the onslaught of bounty hunters and government exterminators out to erase the noble wolf community from the Arctic.

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