Each year the eerie late-summer Public Wolf Howl attracts thousands of visitors to Ontario's Algonquin Provincial Park, "the wolf capital of eastern North America." Naturalist Michael Runtz has observed wolf behaviour in the park over the past 25 years. The Howls of August is an informative, personal, and highly entertaining account of one man's encounters with wolves in their natural habitat.
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Michael Runtz has worked as a professional naturalist in Canada's national and provincial parks. He is the author of the bestselling books Moose Country, Algonquin Seasons, The Explorer's Guide to Algonquin Park, and the acclaimed behaviour trilogy Wild Flowers, Wild Things, and Wild Wings -- the latter volume winning the Ottawa Citizen Book Prize for Non-fiction. His award-winning photographs are an integral part of his Carleton University Natural History lecture series, for which he has received Excellence in Teaching awards. He lives in Arnprior, Ontario, with his wife and two sons.
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This review is from: The Howls of August: Encounters with Algonquin Wolves (Paperback)
Michael's first encounter with wolves was at age 12 and he can't get enough of them. He considers himself very lucky to have been drawn to the natural world at a young age and this beautifully written book shows it. I'm not just saying this; I really like his writing style because it's so down to earth. The timber wolf has had a bad rap and it's about time we realize its importance in the natural scheme of things. Incidentally, there's a great chapter on Algonquin Park's annual wolf howl event, which is in August. Ever been to one?
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Inscribed on Tom Thomson's cairn at Canoe Lake in Algonquin Park are the words: "He lived humbly but passionately with the wild. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
howling site, bold wolves, group howl, rendezvous sites, wolf country, wolf howls Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Public Wolf Howls, North Bog, Algonquin Park, Dan Strickland, Opeongo Lake, Sunday Creek, Wolf Howl Pond, Basin Depot, Brewer Lake, Gray Jays, Spruce Grouse New!
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Inscribed on Tom Thomson's cairn at Canoe Lake in Algonquin Park are the words: "He lived humbly but passionately with the wild. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
howling site, bold wolves, group howl, rendezvous sites, wolf country, wolf howls Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Public Wolf Howls, North Bog, Algonquin Park, Dan Strickland, Opeongo Lake, Sunday Creek, Wolf Howl Pond, Basin Depot, Brewer Lake, Gray Jays, Spruce Grouse New!
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- In praise of wolves by R. D Lawrence in Back Matter
- Out Among the Wolves: Contemporary Writings on the Wolf by John A Murray Ph. in Back Matter
- World of the Wolf by Russell J. Rutter on page 9
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