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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824107503321

Autore

Errington Paul L (Paul Lester), <1902-1962>

Titolo

Of Wilderness and Wolves [[electronic resource] /] / by Paul L. Errington ; edited and with an introduction by Matthew Wynn Sivils ; illustrations by Charles W. Schwartz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Iowa City : , : University of Iowa Press, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

1-60938-366-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Collana

A Bur Oak book

Disciplina

599.773

Soggetti

Philosophy of nature

Wolves - Ecology

Wolves

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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 BogChapter 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