Vicious : wolves and men in America / Jon T. Coleman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Coleman, Jon T., 1970-

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Yale Western Americana series

Western Americana series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gray wolf--United States--History.

Gray wolf.

History.

United States.

Genre:

History.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xv, 267 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Edition:

Advance uncorrected proof.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2004]

Summary:

In this ambitious history of wolves in America, and of the humans who have hated and then loved them, Coleman investigates a fraught relationship between the two species and uncovers a tragic misunderstanding. 3 maps, 5 graphs, 16 halftones.

Contents:

Howls, snarls, and musket shots : saying "this is mine" in colonial New England

Beasts of lore : how stories turned fearsome monsters into skulking criminals

Wolf bullets with adders' tongues : how to kill a wolf in colonial New England

Predator to prey : wolves' journey through the northeastern woodlands

Surrounded : fear and retribution in the northeastern forests

Metaphors of slaughter : two wolf hunts

A wealth of canines : Mormon Americans on the Great Plains

Call it a coyote : how to exterminate wolves in colonial Utah

Annihilation and enlightenment : the cultural extinction of North American wolves

Reintroduction.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-265).

John H. Dunning Prize, American Historical Association, 2005

W. Turrentine Jackson Award, Western History Association, 2005

OCLC:

920673599