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When fourteen-year-old Carson Fielding bought his first horse from Magnus Yarborough, it became clear that the teenager was a better judge of horses than the rich landowner was of humans. Years later, Carson, now a skilled and respected horse trainer, grudgingly agrees to train Magnus's horses and teach his wife to ride. But as Carson becomes disaffected with the power-hungry Magnus, he also grows more and more attracted to the rancher's wife, and their relationship sets off a violent chain of events that unsettles their quiet reservation border town in South Dakota. Thrown into the drama are Earl Walks Alone, an Indian trying to study his way out of the reservation and into college, and Willi, a German exchange student confronting his family's troubled history.
In this unforgettable story of horses, love, and life, Carson and the entire ensemble of characters learn, in very different ways, about the strong bonds that connect people to each other and to the land on which they live.
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Wonderful writer, Wonderful Professor.......2007-06-20
As those of you who have read this novel may have noticed, Kent Meyers is a professor at Black Hills State University in South Dakota. I have had the privilege of taking a couple of his classes at this particular university and could not recommend him more highly as an excellent professor, an inspiring speaker, a very intelligent and well-versed scholar of all things literature, and a truly insightful researcher into those things connected to the rural life in the midwest and beyond.
I grew up on a ranch in the Great Plains of South Dakota, one currently celebrating it's 100th year. My parents are both ranch children and are the children and grandchildren of the homesteaders who settled this country when the government opened it up to the prairie pioneers. Having been so deeply involved in this life, I can say with absolute certainty that Meyers gives a truly accurate and heartbreaking view of the history and future of ranching in this part of America. It is a disappearing life. Cattle prices, droughts, machinery and veteranary expenses, land prices, the encroachment of big-time ranchers to winnow the family operations out, etc. He breaks to the heart of it, exposing the souls of the prairie people and all that rides on their hopes, dreams, sweat and tears.
I originally read this book in the summer of 2004 shortly after it came out. I was particularly excited given that our Introduction to Literature class had witnessed the progress of this book in class, seen early drafts and heard the origins of this powerful, gripping, diverse, insightful novel. Now, right there I was just violating the rules of writing a good story. This past fall I took Advanced Creative Writing with Prof. Meyers and learned vague adjectives and words of that order are the worst way to go about describing when you are writing. His knowledge on this subject is evident throughout. The first time I read this book, I was so enthralled by the storyline I read 100 pages a day until I finished. Still, I took the time to take notes and make copies of particular passages and pages and talked to prof. Meyers about them and how well he was able to delve into every single details and make the visual images and voices explode off the page better than a movie! I recently reread this book and, after the writing class, was again amazed at how patient and intricate Meyers' language is. He takes great care to waste no word and is able to look at his novel from a distant perspective in order to weave the story as professionally and multi-dimensional as Earl's Grandmother's dancing moccasins are. It's amazing! He has told our classes that he will write four of five drafts before he's satisfied. He wakes before sunup every morning to write an average of 20 pages, whatever it may be, in order to keep in form and come up with ideas. He believes writer's block does not exist. Writer's block stems from a person's unwillingness push themselves to continue writing. Rewriting and being willing to start over or start in a new place in the story fixes writer's block. The key is to write, no matter how bad. Meyers always completely rewrites his stories four or five times, starting from a new place each time! He is truly amazingly creative and tenatious. I don't know if I could ever reach his level of creativity.
And let me tell you, I would think he was a horsetrainer himself if I didn't know better. My favorite part of ranching is the horses. Training, riding, cattlework. I love to make a connection with a horse, love to see their understanding when they comprehend what I ask them to do, love the feeling of a horse following a cow of their own volution when they instinctively understand what to do. They are almost mind-readers if you go about it the right way. Kent Meyers brings this out and makes it real to the readers. Also, he is able to bring in the old respect the Native Americans (still commonly known as and called by themselves Indians in SD) have for horses and their intrinsic spirituality. And not only is there the connection between Carson and the horses Orlando, Surety and Jesse, there are the human connections.
Brought from their own individual lives and explicated in the most deep and unique way are Earl Walks Alone, a child of the reservation in Southwest South Dakota working his way off the "rez" with math. Also, Willi Schubert, a German exchange student fascinated by the Lakota culture who's grandparents have a dark Nazi past. Ted Kills Many, the child of alcoholic parents who drinks himself, is very crass but surprisingly deeply caring. Then, there is Carson Fielding, the man who ties all their lives together. Carson is a horsetrainer, and a favorite of his grandfather Ves who instills in Carson a love for the land which is his inheritence and a patient, understanding relationship with horses. Immediately, there is a disconnect between Carson and his father. Charles wished to be a pilot. Instead, Ves kept him on the ranch as "there was always something needed done". Charles was trapped into a life he didn't care for with animals and machinery that didn't hold an interest for him.
But, the real story begins when rich, parasitic rancher Magnus Yarborough grudgingly sells a horse to a fourteen year old Carson after Carson displays an uncanny gift for dealing. Magnus remembers this deal, and 12 years later brings Carson to his ranch to train 3 horses and teach his wife, Rebecca, to ride. Cleverly, Meyers fixes the results of this horsetraining and Carson's connection to Rebecca in the past, the storyline truly picking up in present tense with Earl's discovery of three horses locked in a gateless pen out of sight behind a lake. The results tie Carson and the three high school boys together in ways none could have imagined with commonalities and circumstances none could have predicted. The three horses and the results of these many animal and human connections are far-reaching and vast. Compelling, heartbreaking, intricate, multi-layered and dimensional and reaching to the deepest core of what the ranch-life means to those of us who have lived it all our lives.
This is not simply a novel about horses, ranching and relationships. It is self-discovery, connection to the land and the life of South Dakota and the Midwest, a history story which I know Prof. Meyers went on sabbatical to research. He went to Germany and spent time on the reservation to capture the people and cultures to their utmost depths, bringing his own knowledge and new knowledge to light for anyone from LA to NY and right back to the Great Plains. I can say from personal experience that Meyers captures the language, images and lifestyle of all these South Dakota residents. He has an insight into our way of life I never enjoyed so much or realized so fully until I read it in this book. Everything is true to life, good and bad. In recent years I have been witness to big-time ranchers buying up old family farms the children no longer wish to run, or are unable to maintain. It's sad, devastating. I fear the urban development of the rolling hills and vast expanses of ridges and skies that go on for thousands of miles and the blotting out of stars you can almost touch by the glow of city lights.
This vast, natural land is not something to be feared. It may be lacking in people but it is not empty. The smallest prairie flower contains more beauty than a whole greenhouse full of cultivated flowers. Our flowers, trees, grasses, bushes and all the birds, coyotes, badgers, raccoons, foxes and all other flora and fauna are survivors. They hold to the land and show their colors with tenacity. And our people are like those flowers, as is the land. Tough, but beautiful and untainted by a false existence. Our job does not begin at 9 or end at 5. We don't get snowdays or fanciful weekends, rarely do we get sick-leave or even maternity leave. My earliest memories are playing with toys in the cab of a pickup in a hayfield while my parents cut, raked and baled hay! The land and animals are our lives and need us as much as we need them. Kent Meyers understands this all and illustrates it with the insight and authorship of one who can transport his readers to a new dimension with careful words. I recommend this book to anyone, regardless of upbringing, background, culture or perspective!
Furthermore, Meyers is in the process of writing a novel called "Grammar of a Killing". It is currently in it's final stages and I have viewed and reviewed it along with Meyers' students and collegues through this past schoolyear in his classes and in conversation. Please do read this too. As always, Kent Meyers has poured his soul into the writing and done his research down to the very fibers of his subjects. What I have witnessed so far promises to be as powerful as The Work of Wolves. It will stick with you as long as this novel will and have you pondering and thinking in a new way for months and even years to come. Meyers is a rare author of a high caliber and class of his own. He is a modest genius, not fully realizing the scope of his gift. As a writer, teacher and person, Meyers is very special. Read The Work of Wolves and the ones yet to come!
Beautiful.......2007-05-30
A wonderful novel. As good as Faulkner and much easier to read. Get this book.
This book has it all.......2007-04-07
I believe this may be one of the best books I've ever read. Three very diverse young men, each with unique personal problems, are brought together to try to deal with the plight of horses abused by a frightening and vindictive man. The events and the character's reactions to them is the most startling and unexpected I've ever encountered. I actually caught myself gasping in surprise. If you enjoy a strong style of writing, with good use of similes and metaphors and imagery, Kent Meyers is one of the best I've ever seen. Unusual setting. Great plot. "The Work of Wolves" has it all. If I had to describe this book with one word, it would be "powerful." Mr. Meyers, I am eagerly awaiting your next book!
Great Story and Beautiful Writing.......2007-01-11
Meyer's book is easily one of the most engaging works of fiction I have ever read. People who have read the book at my recommendation have returned with enthusiastic responses of their own. I can't quite name it, but this book has a quality of spirituality and humanity that emerges from Meyer's committment to his characters and the circumstances and human responses that make up their lives. He has a way of evoking their inner worlds, the unnamed movements of the human spirit, and in the process sheds light on our common humanity. It may take place in the landscape of South Dakota, but its scope is large enough to include the Third Reich, Native American culture and experience, and the committed but fading world of farmers and ranchers on the western plains. It is a work rooted in myth and symbol, where what you think you see may in fact be something quite different. This is a compassionate book by a writer of distinction and talent.
Depth of Wolves.......2007-01-11
After being tired of reading books that were merely the shell of a story, I was looking for something with much more depth and character to read. 'The Work of Wolves' proved to be that book. While at times I almost felt there was too much depth and I wanted to get back to the main storyline, by the end I realized all the flashbacks and history of the characters was well worth it. I turned the final page deeply satisfied.
The story brings together four young men who are given the chance to do something right, but in doing so, they will be breaking the law. The decision they need to make lies heavily on their conscience and will affect the rest of their lives. With a look at characters family we come to realize why they choose to do what it is they do.
This is not a love story, but there are tones of extremely strong love. For that of family, of land, ancestors, animals, and the human spirit.
A fantastic read while at peace, sitting by a window while the wind is blowing amongst the trees outside.
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AWESOME!.......2001-10-10
THIS PACK MEANS SO MUCH TO THE FUTURE OF WOLVES! THE EDUCATION & NEW FOUND KNOWLEDGE GAINED FROM THIS PACK, ALONE, IS THE FOOT IN THE DOOR FOR WOLF RECOVERY IN THE LOWER 48. NEVER HAS A WOLF PACK BEEN SO CLOSELY STUDIED WHILE STILL LIVING A NATURAL LIFE. THIS PARTICULAR BOOK IS NOTHING SHORT OF AWESOME! THE PICTURES ARE AMAZING, AS IS THE ENTIRE BOOK! A TRUE INSPIRATION! I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS BOOK FOR ALL, THAT MANY MORE WILL UNDERSTAND THE TRUE LIFE OF THE WOLF.
The Sawtooth Wolves.......2001-07-17
This book is awesome!! I have sponsored the pack for nine years now and never get tired of looking at the book. The photography is exceptional and for anyone who loves these majestic wolves they have to buy the book!!
Big Wow! Awoooooooooooo!!!.......1998-10-24
This is about the most interesting book I have ever read! I started reading and I couldn't put it down! The pack of wolves takes you to daring moments when the pack mobs Lakota or quiet times when two wolves rest together. They are not the horrid creatures imagined in stories, but beautiful creatures that this book explains.
Breathtakingly Beautiful!.......1998-10-04
This is an intimate look at the wolf, quite possibly one of the most misunderstood creatures on Earth. So often depicted as evil in lore and legend, this book shows another side of this beautiful animal. Instead of the red-eyed, drooling monster of myth, we see the well-organized society present in a wolf pack, full of nurture and play. The qualities of the wolf that seemed to prove its place in history are shown instead to be merely the means for its survival. The expressive photographs and rich text work well to dispel the myth of the wolf as just a savage beast.
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wonderful.......2001-07-02
This is a wonderful book with lots of amazing wolf and landscape pictures. While some people might be disturb by some of the dead animals in the picture, as a animal lover I reckon this book had shown the reality of the nature truthfully, and I really love this book.
Beautiful Photos.......2000-07-08
This is an excellent book on artic wolves. I enjoyed reading about their lives. If you are not in the mood to read the photos are worth the cost of the book.
It takes a village-the wolf still knows what we've forgotten.......1999-09-02
Brandenburg's experience shows the wolf as a loving and compassionate family-oriented animal that is as wild at heart as they come. These highly intelligent creatures seemed to stay a step ahead of their distant watchers. This leads to some hilarious encounters and a tear jerking ending. Follow this up with "Brother Wolf."
like nature-this book will fascinate and teach men for ever.......1997-12-21
nature : men still has to learn wolf : learn men how to understand nature a must for wolf-lovers
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- A real eye opener. Wonderfully put together.
- Definitely worth Buying!
- Jim Goldberg got it right
- With savage beauty, Goldberg does justice to his subjects.
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Raised by Wolves
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A real eye opener. Wonderfully put together........2000-03-31
This isn't your ordinary coffee table book. Jim Goldberg delves into the lives of homeless kids living on the street, cataloging and following two kids through his collage of pictures and stories. Although it's hard to resist just leafing through it's pages, the real message and story is in reading the book from cover to cover. Jim Goldberg ties the pictures together with stories, giving you a real sense of what these kids go through, what their motivations are, what their daily lives are like.
I volunteer helping out homeless kids in Seattle, and from what I've seen this book does a good job of accurately protraying these children, including why they're on the street. He's unbiased and uncensored in his view, I think echo's review reflecting this (one of the kids followed in the book) only stands as a testament of this.
Definitely worth Buying!.......1999-12-21
This is an eye-opening book full of amazing photographs that will leave you FEELING what these kids and adults are and have gone through living on the streets of San Francisco. Not too often are you experiencing so many emotions as you will when you flip page through page through this book. I can't say much more but it is worth the money...you will experience something that many of us are fortunate to have not experienced.
Jim Goldberg got it right.......1999-04-22
Accurate and thourough- Jim Goldberg told our stories truthfully, and lets you draw your own conclusions. - echo
With savage beauty, Goldberg does justice to his subjects........1998-01-09
Goldberg documented street kids of San Francisco and Hollywood over the course of ten years. His work reflects the effort and emotion of that period. Unlike previous attempts to document homeless youth, Goldberg never sensationalized or objectified the kids he worked with. The text maintains individual voices, never judging, never interpreting, simply transmitting narratives that mainstream society would otherwise never hear. His photography radiates relationships of trust: he allows kids to illustrate their issues and amplify their voices, sharing their stories, artwork, and writings, without ever speaking for them. Such justice is rarely provided to an oppressed population. "Raised by Wolves" incites the reader's tears, anguish, and outrage - but also joy, that someone was able to successfully provide a platform for such truths to be heard. Goldberg more than did his part in attempting to educate America. The greater issue is, will we listen?
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Although countless books have been written about the U-boat war in the Atlantic, precious few facts have come to light about the men who served in the submarines that wrought such havoc on Allied ships. Eager to get beyond the stereotypes perpetuated in movies and novels and find out who these elusive sailors really were, archivist Timothy Mulligan started searching official records. Eventually he went straight to the source, conducting a survey of more than a thousand U-boat officers and enlisted men and interviewing a number of them personally. The result is this character study of the German submarine force that challenges traditional and revisionist views of the service.
Mulligan found striking similarities in the men's geographic and social origins, education, and previous occupations, particularly within the specialized engineering and radio branches of the submarine force. The information he gathered establishes quantifiable patterns in age, length of service, and experience, as well as the organization's overall recruitment policies and training standards. The numbers and losses of U-boat personnel are also fully examined.
Beyond these objective characteristics, this study lists such subjective factors as morale, treatment of enemy ship survivors, and the relationship of the submariners to the Nazi regime, and it confirms a serious crisis in morale in late 1943. The roles played by the head of the U-boat arm, Grand Admiral Karl Donitz, and its organizational chief, Admiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg, are thoroughly addressed. Mulligan concludes that the U-boat arm quickly evolved from a handpicked elite to a more representative sample of the German navy at large but continued to be treated as an elite force. The only comprehensive investigation yet published, this book also draws on POW interrogations of U-boat survivors and documentation of Kriegsmarine personnel policy obtained from German archives.
Customer Reviews:
Can the Question Posed Be Answered?.......2003-03-20
First of all, anyone interested in submarine warfare will find this a well-documented and constructed account of the development and use of submarines within the Kriegsmarine (KM) by the Germans during World War II. Like most books from the Naval Institute Press, among them the highly-sought first edition of Clancy's "The Hunt for Red October", one would be hard put to find flaws in the presentation.
The author does opine from the gathered data, much of it in the National Archives, that helps the reader track from year to year the rise and fall of the effectiveness of U-Boot (U-Boat) warfare, the reasons (especially increasingly effective Allied detection and bombing) for the end of the Battle of the Atlantic, and the failure of the unleashing of "total war" by Admiral Donitz. The book is rich with German terminology, which will facilitate reader understanding of other books, and films such as "Das Boot". For example, the term L.I. (pronounced el-ee in German) occurs frequently in that film, referring to the Chief Engineer (Lieutenant Engineer, on the Engineer track within the KM).
I find somewhat astounding one conclusion of the author, that most U-Boot sailors were German patriots and relatively unaware of the genocide occurring within the Reich. Although there is dictum that der Fuehrer compained of having a "Christian Navy", frequent trips back to the Fatherland when on leave, trips to Berlin for decorations, and so forth would seem to make it incredulous that these men did not know what was happening within the Reich. The author does not identify how many sailors in the U-Boot Waffe were NSDAP (Nazi Party) members, which would be a telling statistic. He states that Germans at home were more concerned with obtaining food during the Allied bombing campaign, which has come under some revisionist criticism ("German's Revisit War's Agony, Ending a Taboo", Richard Bernstein, New York Times, Vol. CLII, No. 52423, March 15, 2003, p. A3). However, this reviewer has studied the period 1918-1950 fairly extensively, and viewed in German newsreels shown in German theatres as early as 1940 which demonstrated the persecution of Jews and other "undesireables" and the unfolding of the plans stated in the book "Mein Kampf" (My Struggle), available in English in 1939.
Films such as "Das Boot" and "Stalingrad" do go a long way toward viewing the common soldier or sailor as somewhat of a victim of birth and citizenship. Standards both mental and physical for U-Boat personnel were astoundingly stringent (even volunteers with dental caries were rejected). These men fought in unimaginably deplorable conditions (no heat, one commode for a crew averaging 50, frequent exposure to the exhaust of diesel engines). However, this book doesn't convey that kind of feeling, compared to, say, Werner's "Iron Coffins" (the recollections of a U-Boat commander). Nonetheless, its statistical analysis is important--suggesting that upwards of 50,000 rather than the commonly accepted 40,000 sailors may have served on U-Boats. The casualty rate (75% or so killed) belies grand fealty to a doomed and errant cause, but as with our own Confederates, we can nonetheless appreciate the valor and sacrifice with which they served "their" country.
Very good behind-the-scenes look.......2000-09-28
A very informative, in-depth look behind the scenes at the men who made up Germany's U-Boat arm. Mulligan has done his homework in researching educational backgrounds, regions where these men came from, training time, ages when they became captains, and a whole array of facts and figures put together in a way that is not boring, but rather enlightening.
Party affiliations are also discussed in great detail. Some commanders were fanatical Nazis, others started out that way only to change when they saw what it was doing to their homeland, and others were just there doing their job.
Admiral Donitz is also thoroughly discussed in this book, looking at his ideaologies at conducting the war, his strategies and his loyalties to his men and to Hitler. It makes me want to buy his book, "Memoirs" and read further.
A well-done, in-depth book. A lot of facts and figures put together in a nice package.
The Men Behind the Machines.......2000-04-04
This thoroughly engrossing book by Timothy Mulligan is the first work to portray the officers and men of Germany's U-Boat arm in an attempt to understand not only why they fought, but what motivated them to continue to take their vessels to sea after 1943, when the loss rate in combat grew to an incredible level and each new mission grew increasingly suicidal. Mulligan's book goes far beyond a statistical tabulation of data, and the many nuggets of information he gleaned from his in-depth research refute most of the myths and legends of the U-Boat men popularized in the immediate post-war years in books and movies. The book overturns the common images of Germany's U-Boat men as being either fanatical killers or baby-faced sacrifices to Hitlerian ambitions. This is not a chronological history of the war at sea in WW2, although the author does describe in detail the major trends of the Battle of the Atlantic, the struggle for technological superiority, and the effects these had on recruiting, morale, combat performance, and motivation of the German submarine crews. All in all, this is an excellent book that puts a human face on a much-feared enemy, cuts through the stereotypes and propaganda images, and shows that the UBootfahrer were truly "neither sharks nor wolves"...nor sheep.
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Between Dogs And Wolves: Growing Up With South Africa
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Between Dogs & Wolves is a moving portrait of the harsh realities of Johannesburg's toughest neighborhoods. Jodi Bieber focuses on a generation of young people growing up on the fringes of South African society.
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In 1995, history was made as 14 gray wolves were transported from the Canadian wilderness and released in Yellowstone National Park. Their release marked the beginning of a landmark project to restore wolves to an area from where they had been absent for almost 100 years.
The Wolves of Yellowstone provides the inside story of the trials and tribulations encountered during the first year and a half of restoring wolves to Yellowstone. Written by the project leaders of the restoration effort, it is the only book to contain the biologists' personal accounts, along with never-before-seen photographs, field notes, historical documents, and reminiscences from key figures such as Bruce Babbit and Dave Mech.
The Wolves of Yellowstone allows readers to become completely familiar with this historic undertaking. Mike Phillips and Doug Smith detail the capture, translocation, acclimation, release, and tracking after release of the Yellowstone wolves. Both the 1995 and 1996 wolf releases are discussed.
Given the continuing media coverage of this project and the large and loyal following of wolf fans worldwide, The Wolves of Yellowstone promises to be a much-sought-after reference.
Also recommended: Yellowstone, A Society of Wolves, The Way of the Wolf, The Arctic Wolf.
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Excellent book.......2000-08-18
Beautiful pictures, touching and moving story. About the restoration of the wolves.
Excellent book.......2000-08-18
Beautiful pictures illustrates the many different wolves that were restored to yellowstone (#10, #9etc...). Illustrates the effort the yellowstone had to put in to restore the wolf to its natural habitat. Very interesting to the average wolf lover and those who are interested in what happened in the 1995 restoration of the wolves to yellowstoen.
Experience the re-location with the wolves!.......1998-07-05
This book brings you right into the experience of bringing the wolves back to Yellowstone where they belong! Find out the behind the scenes activity that brought the sight and sound of the wolf back after an absence of over 60 years. You'll never be the same after reading this. Excellent!!
an excellent book, great text and beautiful pictures!!!.......1998-04-11
an excellent book describing the ordeal of reintroducing the wolves to Yellowstone. I recommend it to everyone with even a slight interest in this topic
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- Quite a Nice Book!
- A superbly written, illustrated celebration of the wolf.
- Beautiful photography enhances the aura & mystery of wolves.
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Wolf: Spirit of the Wild : A Celebration of Wolves in Word and image
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Wolves, extinct in many regions and necessarily furtive, are a rare sight in the wild. Anyone curious about the elusive Canis lupus might do well to start their search from an armchair, with this wide-ranging coffee table book as their guide. Originally published by the Nature Company in 1993, this reissued "celebration" is in fact an enormous collage of stories, legends, poetry, paintings, and photos relating to this largest member of the canine family. Short chapters such as "On the Hunt," "Wolves at Play," and "The Wolf Way of Birth," offer insight into the lives of wolves, with excerpts from the work of notable writers such as Farley Mowat, Lois Crisler, Barry Lopez and Edward Hoagland. The book also features a remarkable collection of photographs, including work by Jim Brandenburg--one of the world's foremost wolf photographers, and a first look at Mattias Klum's photos of wolves in his native Sweden.
Emphasizing the breadth rather than depth of wolf studies, Wolf provides a wide-ranging, accessible look at this most admired, and vilified, of carnivores. --Maria Dolan
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"This handsome new book presents the wolf in fact, fiction, legend, folklore, and art, pairing outstanding color photographs and art reproductions with excerpts from writings about wolves. The photos are the work of well-known nature and outdoor photographers, and the writings include observations by field biologists...and fiction, poetry, and folk legends from many lands....has much to teach about the habits and unique social structure of wolves and also raises important questions about the issue of the preservation of the wolf...and its reintroduction to former habitats....will be hailed by wolf enthusiasts and is recommended wherever interest warrants."--Library Journal. "...clearly aims to...endow wolves with some of the majesty they deserve. Plentiful color photographs are interspersed among the essays, poems and more than a few Native American myths."--Publisher's Weekly. "...a tribute to the enduring mystique of the wolf..."--American Bookseller. "...will inform, inspire, and enthrall readers of all ages."--Book Links. "...beautiful and powerful...superlative array of images....The best choice for young adults...a highly recommended purchase."--Voya.
Customer Reviews:
Quite a Nice Book!.......2002-10-09
It doesn't delve into the world of the wolf, presenting many facts and details. Instead, it dabbles in everything wolf-related. There are photos, artworks, and exerpts from many different places. It's enjoyable to read and look through. Because I'm an avid fan of wolves, there was nothing really new for me in it. However, people who are intrigued by wolves, but don't know much about these creatures, will probably find this book a wonderful way to start.
A superbly written, illustrated celebration of the wolf........2000-09-05
This coffee table exploration of the wolf explains why we are drawn to the wolf, providing scientific and social analysis which celebrates the wolf in word and image. Wolf is more than just a coffee table set of photos however - plenty of text explains their nature and natural history, making it suitable for library collections as well as coffee tables.
Beautiful photography enhances the aura & mystery of wolves........1998-12-07
The glorious photography and illustrations of this book enhance the aura and mystery of the wolf in its graceful and expressive beauty. The text includes an accurate description of the folklore and myths surrounding wolves, as well as firsthand reports from people who study the wolf in a natural habitat. The book is full of facts and interesting trivia written to the audience who loves the wolf as well as to the audience that perhaps fears the wolf. The world of the wolf, the way of the wolf, and the wolf of dreams and nightmares are all explored in wonderful narrative. There is a resource section in the back of the book listing organizations that work for the wolf. If you love the wolf or fear the wolf, you'll enjoy having this book.
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- Scruffy: A Wolf Finds His Place in the Pack
- Wonderful wolf book for children
- Incredible book!
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Scruffy: A Wolf Finds His Place in the Pack
Jim Brandenburg
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ASIN: 0802776027 |
Book Description
Scruffy just didn't seem to fit in. When photographer Jim Brandenburg first saw him on the tundra of Ellesmere Island, the yearling wolf was awkward and his fur was a mess.
Customer Reviews:
Scruffy: A Wolf Finds His Place in the Pack.......2006-09-13
My daughter brought this book home from the school library, and I fell in love with it. The depiction of the life of this wolf and his place of low-status in the pack was very moving and also very educational. The heirarchy of the dominant versus submissive wolves is a social structure that we can easily apply to our dog and her place in our family. Wonderful book! I was excited to find it on Amazon since I had forgotten the name of the book.
Wonderful wolf book for children.......2002-08-16
Jim Brandenburg is one of my favorite wolf photographers & authors, and I absolutely love every book of his that I've read. I wasn't paying quite close enough attention to this book when I bought it; I didn't realize it was a children's book! Still, as disappointed as I initially was, as I flipped through it, I realized what a great vehicle this book is to educate children about wolves - he covers issues of dominant and submissive roles within the pack, the role of the omega wolf (Scruffy's place in the pack,) and the hardships of wolves' lives in the Arctic. The photos are excellent, and the text is clearly-written and in large print, very easy for new readers to work through....
Incredible book!.......2002-08-11
This is the best non-fiction wolf book I have ever read. It gave me a three dimensional portrait of a member of a wolf pack. My heartbreak comes because the author didn't adopt him. What a wonderful book! I am so glad I picked this one up!
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