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 Bog
Chapter 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