The Rise of Wolf 8 (eBook)

Witnessing the Triumph of Yellowstone's Underdog

Rick McIntyre (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
304 Seiten
Greystone Books (Verlag)
978-1-77164-522-5 (ISBN)

Infos

The powerful origin story of one of Yellowstones greatest and most famous wolves. Washington Post[The Rise of Wolf 8] is a goldmine for information on all aspects of wolf behavior and clearly shows they are clever, smart, and emotional beings. Marc Bekoff, Psychology TodayYellowstone National Park was once home to an abundance of wild wolvesbut park rangers killed the last of their kind in the 1920s. Decades later, the rangers brought them back, with the first wolves arriving from Canada in 1995.This is the incredible true story of one of those wolves.Wolf 8 struggles at firsthe is smaller than the other pups, and often bulliedbut soon he bonds with an alpha female whose mate was shot. An unusually young alpha male, barely a teenager in human years, Wolf 8 rises to the occasion, hunting skillfully, and even defending his family from the wolf who killed his father. But soon he faces a new opponent: his adopted son, who mates with a violent alpha female. Can Wolf 8 protect his valley without harming his protg?Authored by a renowned wolf researcher and gifted storyteller, The Rise of Wolf 8 marks the beginning of The Alpha Wolves of Yellowstone series, which will transform our view of wolves forever.

Autor

lt;p>Rick McIntyre has worked with the National Park Service for more than fifty years and has recorded more sightings of wild wolves than any other person. During one fifteen year period, he rose before dawn every day to observe the Yellowstone wolves. Now retired, he has spoken about the Yellowstone Wolves with news outlets such as 60 Minutes and NPR’s Snap Judgement, and is profiled extensively in American Wolf by Nate Blakeslee.

Robert Redford—actor, director, and producer—has been a passionate art and environmental activist since the early 1970s. He has been an advocate for climate change awareness, clean energy, and habitat protection for over forty years.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.10.2019
• Reihe/Serie: The Alpha Wolves of Yellowstone
• Reihe/Serie: The Alpha Wolves of Yellowstone Series
• Vorwort: Robert Redford
• Zusatzinfo: Color photographs, 1 map
• Verlagsort: Vancouver
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer
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• ISBN-10: 1-77164-522-9 / 1771645229
• ISBN-13: 978-1-77164-522-5 / 9781771645225