Of Wilderness and Wolves / by Paul L. Errington ; edited and with an introduction by Matthew Wynn Sivils ; illustrations by Charles W. Schwartz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Errington, Paul L. (Paul Lester), 1902-1962

Contributor:

Schwartz, Charles W., illustrator.

Series:

Bur Oak Book

A Bur Oak book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy of nature.

Wolves--Ecology.

Wolves.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"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.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction by Matthew Wynn Sivils; Preface; Part I: Some Small Beginnings in Experience; Chapter 1. Of Wolves and Boyhood Fear and Fascination; Part II: Toward Understanding Wolves, What They Are, and What They Do-A Factual Background; Chapter 2. Of the Nature of Wolves; Chapter 3. Of Wolves and Wolf Prey; Chapter 4. Of Wolves, Reindeer, Caribou, and Human Mistakes; Chapter 5. Of Wolves and Deer and Deer Range and Man; Chapter 6. Of Man and Wolves and Labels and Morals; Part III: Toward Appreciation of Wolves as Part of What Is Wild and Free

Chapter 7. Of Wolves and the Big BogChapter 8. Mostly about Coyotes and the West River Country; Chapter 9. Of Wilderness and Wolves; Chapter 10. Of Wilderness and Wolves and Scandinavia; Chapter 11. Of Modernity and Wolves and a Wolf Named Dagwood; Chapter 12. Of Man and Maturity; Epilogue: Going On from Some Reflections about the Dog in the Manger

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-60938-366-4

OCLC:

920874615