The Company of WolvesAs wolves return to their old territory in Yellowstone National Park, their presence is reawakening passions as ancient as their tangled relations with human beings. This authoritative and eloquent book coaxes the wolf out from its camouflage of myth and reveals the depth of its kinship with humanity, which shares this animal's complex complex social organization, intense family ties, and predatory streak. |
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... ranch houses and back-country cabins all over North America. The pictures and the literary wolves suggest that the lone wolf has become a human idea, a myth that says something about will or fortitude or one's own tragically civilized ...
... ranch houses and back-country cabins all over North America. The pictures and the literary wolves suggest that the lone wolf has become a human idea, a myth that says something about will or fortitude or one's own tragically civilized ...
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Contents
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IO The Persistence of Wolves | 216 |
Yellowstone | 239 |
I2 A Skirmish in Alaska | 267 |
WolfDogs | 296 |
I4 Looking for Spirit | 320 |
Bridging the Gap | 338 |
Appendixes | 346 |
Index | 361 |
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