The Last Wild Wolves: Ghosts of the Rain Forest
by Ian McAllister, Chris Darimont
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Author: Chris Darimont, Ian McAllisterIntroduction: Paul C. Paquet
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-10-19
ISBN: 0520254732
Number of pages: 192
Publisher: University of California Press
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Book Review: A treasure for sure
Summary: 5 Stars
I am usually not drawn to "coffee table books" but this one is not only stunning in the quality of photographs and layout, but the text of the book is a great and informative read. Here is what is different: The author relates his OBSERVATIONS of animals, not his interpretations of their behavior and lets you decide for yourself. Although at one point he says he never met a wolf he didn't like, his narrative will not turn off someone who doesn't like wolves either. Here are the facts of the behaviors of some wolves who have had the chance to adapt to their particular environment without being "managed". The results are very interesting and would be interesting to any reader who is interested in the natural world at all. I could understand, probably for the first time, why people can hate wolves so throughly and blindly. I could also understand the equally blind love of wolves that people profess. People are extreme on wolf issues when they don't understand the animal . . on both sides of love and hate. The reason I recommend this book so strongly is that it is the real thing. Not politically or sentimentally motivated but here are some wolf packs, here is how they live and this is what they do. The author is a good writer and the book reads like an adventure you'd like to be a part of. This might be one of the last honest wildlife books as more and more our animal information is becoming either a Hollywood script filled in with the right wildlife shots or politically and selfishly motivated. I give this book a solid five stars.
Summary of The Last Wild Wolves: Ghosts of the Rain Forest
"As if appearing in a dream, a stream of wolves emerged from the forest edge." So begins this exhilarating journey to one of the planet's most spectacular regions--Canada's North Pacific coast, our largest intact temperate Rain Forest and one of the last places where wolves live wild and undisturbed. Award-winning writer and wildlife photographer Ian McAllister draws from his intimate observations of more than forty wolf packs along this rugged coastline over a seventeen-year period in this first-ever documentation of their fascinating, complex way of life. In a compelling narrative and more than 100 stunning photographs, McAllister captures these majestic animals fishing for salmon, stalking seals hauled out on rocks, playing on the beach, and raising their families. The Last Wild Wolves also describes the work of scientists whose recent findings have corroborated McAllister's own observations and the traditional knowledge gleaned by First Nations people over centuries--that these wolves are genetically distinct; unlike other wolves, they subsist on coastal prey and swim from island to island in their archipelago home. The Last Wild Wolves is a remarkable portrait of the unique lives of island wolves and an eloquent expression of just how much is at stake in their preservation.Copub: Greystone Books
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