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"'I was a predator, myself, and lived close to the land.' With these words, Paul L. Errington begins this lost classic. Now in print for the first time, the book celebrates a key predator: the wolf. One of the most influential biologists of the twentieth century, Errington melds his expertise in wildlife biology with his love for natural beauty to create a visionary and often moving re-examination of humanity's relationship with these magnificent and frequently maligned animals. Tracing his own relationship with wolves from his rural South Dakota upbringing through his formative years as a professional trapper to his landmark work as an internationally renowned wildlife biologist, Errington delves into our irrational fear of wolves. He forthrightly criticizes what he views as humanity's prejudice against an animal that continues to serve as the very emblem of the wilderness we claim to love, but that too often falls prey to our greed and ignorance. A friend of Aldo Leopold, Errington was an important figure in the conservation efforts in the first half of the twentieth century. During his lifetime, wolves were considered vicious, wantonly destructive predators; by the mid-1900s, th

Who reads Of Wilderness and Wolves (Bur Oak Book)?

Author

Paul L. Errington; Matthew Wynn Sivils; Matthew Wynn Sivils

Publisher

University of Iowa Press

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9781609383657

Category

reference

Subjects

Reference, Science, Nature

Rating

4.67 / 5 (3 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13