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Never cry wolf / Farley Mowat.

Mowat, Farley, 1921-2014 (Author).

Summary:

Mowat is dropped alone onto the frozen tundra, where he begins his mission to live among the howling wolf packs and study their ways.

"When the Canadian government sent Farley Mowat north to investigate the mass slaughter of arctic caribou and deer, it was widely believed that the wolves were responsible for the killing. But as Mowat came to learn the ways of these misunderstood predators, he came to conclude that it was human hunters, not wolves, who posed the real threat. Never Cry Wolf is Mowat's heartfelt cry for an understanding of the natural world, and a brilliant narrative on the myths and stereotypes of wild wolves -- a message that was stunning and groundbreaking when it as first published in 1963, and remains fresh and compelling today. It is also a grand story, full of Farley Mowat's trademark humour and insatiable appetite for adventure."-- Publisher, back of cover.

Record details

ISBN: 9780771064616 (pbk.)
Physical Description: xii, 183 p. ; 21 cm.
Edition: Emblem ed.
Publisher: Toronto : Emblem, 2009, c1973.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Main body of text c1963; preface added in 1973.

Formatted Contents Note:

The Lupine project -- Wolf-juice -- Happy landings -- When is a wolf not a wolf? -- Contact! -- The den -- The watcher watched -- Staking the land -- Good old Uncle Albert -- Of mice and wolves -- Souris à la crème -- Spirit of the wolf -- Wolf talk -- Puppy time -- Uncle Albert falls in love -- Morning meat delivery -- Visitors from Hidden Valley -- Family life -- Naked to the wolves -- The worm i' the bud -- School days -- Scatology -- To kill a wolf -- The world we lost.