Lessons from the Wolverine (Hardcover)

~ Barry Lopez (Author), (Illustrator)

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Teaming up once again with Tom Pohrt, the illustrator of Crow and Weasel, noted environmental writer Barry Lopez offers a simply written but deeply learned fable set in the high Arctic. His story involves talking animals, wise and not so wise humans, long-nursed memories, and features of the northern landscape that are millions of years old. Like Crow and Weasel, Lessons from the Wolverine is suitable for younger readers, but older ones will cherish Lopez's nostalgia for a time when it was easier "to be near animals until they showed you something that you didn't imagine or you hadn't seen or heard."

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"Please tell that collaborative pair not to separate. They have a lifework to do together."--Wallace Stegner

"A rich example of contemporary mythmaking."--Windy City Times

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: University of Georgia Press; First Printing edition (September 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0820319279
• ISBN-13: 978-0820319278
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 4.7 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #503,007 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lopez explores the companionship of human and animal souls, December 26, 1998

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Of all the people I know of living on this earth, Barry Holstun Lopez is the one with whom I would most like to have a conversation. Knowledge, ethics, and artistry combine to make his one of the richest voices in contemporary literature. His writings reveal the fierce innocence of nature and animals which, at our best, we may share. Tom Pohrt's immersive images set the shadowy tale of the wolverine in a place that feels familiar as a dream.

3.0 out of 5 stars wolverine, September 18, 2006

By	T. ODONNELL "tomodnz" (New Zealand) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

A short story with a snapshot of the far north Inuvialuit / wolverine ..good for your soul