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Hunt for the Shadow Wolf - Derek Gow

Hunt for the Shadow Wolf

The lost history of wolves in Britain and the myths and stories that surround them

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Buch | Hardcover
256 Seiten
2024
Chelsea Green Publishing Co (Verlag)
978-1-64502-042-4 (ISBN)
CHF 34,90 inkl. MwSt
Longlisted for the Wainwright Prize 2024 for Nature Writing



⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Telegraph



‘One of the most remarkable figures in British conservation.’ The Observer



‘There have been several books on the fate of British wolves, but this is the best.’ The Spectator



‘Beautifully crafted, fascinating and unbearably poignant, I totally loved this book.’ Isabella Tree, author of Wilding



'A dazzling romp through the turbulent history of wolves in Britain.' Lee Schofield, author of Wild Fell



'Gow's anecdotes will leave you howling - and his historical detective work to track down the shadow of the wolf is as gripping as any thriller.' Guy Shrubsole, author of The Lost Rainforests of Britain



‘Gow reinvents what it means to be a guardian of the countryside.’ Guardian



Author of Bringing Back the Beaver and Britain’s favourite maverick rewilder Derek Gow embarks on an adventure to uncover the mythology, mystery and history of wolves in Britain.



Derek Gow’s dream is that one day we will see the return of the wolf to Britain. Wolf rewilding projects have been successfully implemented across the world – so what is holding us back in the UK?



Hunt for the Shadow Wolf is Derek’s quest to uncover the true nature of this magnificent creature. As Derek worked to reintroduce the beaver, he began to hear stories of the wolf, both real and mythical, and his fascination with it grew. He pieced together fragments of information, stories and artefacts to reveal a shadowy creature that first walked proud through these lands and then was hunted to extinction.



What Derek came to realise was that the underlying motives behind our hatred were actually rooted in power and profit. We turned the wolf into a savage beast and saw its extirpation as a civilising mission. But the wolf endured and Derek tells of his sightings through folklore and mythology, the records of grand estates and parish churches as well as wolf heads, both real and recreated.



With bitingly funny but also tender stories, Hunt for the Shadow Wolf makes clear why we must reconcile our relationship with this majestic animal before we can begin to bring it back to these lands.



‘Gow has a fire in his belly. We need more like him.’ BBC Wildlife Magazine

Derek Gow is a farmer, nature conservationist and the author of Bringing Back the Beaver and Birds, Beasts and Bedlam. Born in Dundee, he left school when he was 17 and worked in agriculture for five years. Inspired by the writing of Gerald Durrell, he jumped at the chance to manage a European wildlife park in central Scotland in the late 1990s before moving on to develop two nature centres in England. He now lives with his children, Maysie and Kyle, on a 300-acre farm on the Devon/Cornwall border, which he is in the process of rewilding. Derek has played a significant role in the reintroduction of the Eurasian beaver, the water vole and the white stork in England. He is currently working on a reintroduction project for the wildcat.

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo Black and white chapter opener illustrations
Verlagsort White River Junction
Sprache englisch
Maße 140 x 216 mm
Gewicht 567 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Natur / Technik Natur / Ökologie
Sachbuch/Ratgeber Natur / Technik Naturführer
Naturwissenschaften Biologie Ökologie / Naturschutz
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 1-64502-042-8 / 1645020428
ISBN-13 978-1-64502-042-4 / 9781645020424
Zustand Neuware
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