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American wolf : a true story of survival and obsession in the West

Title
American wolf : a true story of survival and obsession in the West / Nate Blakeslee.
Author
Blakeslee, Nate, 1970-
Publication
New York : Crown, [2017]

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Description
300 pages : illustration, map; 24 cm
Summary
  • The story of the rise of a Yellowstone wolf, and what her life and death tell us about the struggle for the American West. --
  • "The enthralling story of the rise and reign of O-Six, the celebrated Yellowstone wolf, and the people who loved or feared her. Before men ruled the earth, there were wolves. Once abundant in North America, these majestic creatures were hunted to near extinction in the lower 48 states by the 1920s. But in recent decades, conservationists have brought wolves back to the Rockies, igniting a battle over the very soul of the West. With novelistic detail, Nate Blakeslee tells the gripping story of one of these wolves, O-Six, a charismatic alpha female named for the year of her birth. Uncommonly powerful, with gray fur and faint black ovals around each eye, O-Six is a kind and merciful leader, a fiercely intelligent fighter, and a doting mother. She is beloved by wolf watchers, particularly renowned naturalist Rick McIntyre, and becomes something of a social media star, with followers around the world. But as she raises her pups and protects her pack, O-Six is challenged on all fronts: by hunters, who compete with wolves for the elk they both prize; by cattle ranchers who are losing livestock and have the ear of politicians; and by other Yellowstone wolves who are vying for control of the park's stunningly beautiful Lamar Valley. These forces collide in American Wolf, a riveting multigenerational saga of hardship and triumph that tells a larger story about the ongoing cultural clash in the West--between those fighting for a vanishing way of life and those committed to restoring one of the country's most iconic landscapes."--Jacket.
  • Once abundant in North America, wolves were hunted to near extinction in the lower 48 states by the 1920s. Conservationists have brought wolves back to the Rockies, and Blakeslee follows the rise and reign of O-Six, a charismatic alpha female named for the year of her birth. She has become something of a social media star, with followers around the world. But O-Six is challenged by hunters, who compete with wolves for the elk they both prize; by cattle ranchers who are losing livestock and have the ear of politicians; and by other Yellowstone wolves who are vying for control of the park's Lamar Valley.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Creative.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-289) and index.
Contents
Author's note -- O-Six lineage -- Map of the Lamar Valley -- Prologue: December 6, 2012 -- Return of the wolf -- In the Valley of the Druids -- A star is born -- Killers -- The king of Currumpaw -- Rebels in the sage -- Iron man -- Return to the Lamar Valley -- Betrayal -- Rampage of the Mollies -- "The worst possible thing I could tell you" -- A good day in the park -- Enough is enough -- Epilogue.
Call Number
JFE 18-5707
ISBN
  • 9781101902783
  • 1101902787
LCCN
2017008953
OCLC
973504808
Author
Blakeslee, Nate, 1970- author.
Title
American wolf : a true story of survival and obsession in the West / Nate Blakeslee.
Publisher
New York : Crown, [2017]
Edition
First edition.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-289) and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 18-5707
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