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In Praise of Wolves

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I read this book from the library, but soon I will try to buy one for myself, because it is very special. I refer to it and forward what I remember from it onto various email lists all the time. The author includes substantial detail of the sort there is usually not enough of in wolf books, without overwhelming with boring or inaccurate statistics, or losing a good writing style. The author respects and loves the wolf FOR WHAT IT IS INHERENTLY. If you are studying dog or wolf behavior as a "serious layperson" this is a must have. The kind of detailed insight this book has is hard to find, one of the rare similar books is CALMING SIGNALS ... by Turid Rugaas(sp?), which is about dog body language (and therefore based on wolf pack language).

Mr. Lawrence tells us all about wolves in laymans terms he does not get to deep in this book for the normal person interested in wildlife to become overwelmed with the subject. Always the perfect nature writter this time Mr. Lawrence spends time on a captive wolf area studing the wolves and relating the details. Good reading for the people out there who have bad ideas about this animal you might change your mind on these wise creatures.

This book is increadable it really gives a person a true understanding of such a beautiful animal as it tells about their traits characteristics and personalities. It also explains the hiarchy of the pack and the mating of the wolves and interaction between the pack members and with humans. For me it was especially enjoyable as I was able to really relate to the discription of the wolves in Jim Wuepper's pack in upper Michagan after seeing a film on this pack narrated by R.D. Lawrence shown at the Wolf Centre in Haliburton, Ontario as so much of his focus in this book is on that particular pack. It was also very enjoyable to me knowing that Jim Wueppler's pack came to the the Wolf Centre in the early 1990's where some of it's decendents still reside. I recommend this book to anyone who would like a better understanding of such a beautiful animal it was truly very interesting and enjoyable.

Being the first book on wolves that I read, 'In Praise of Wolves' is very enlightening and informative. The relationship that the author had with the wolves and all the personal encounters, both with the people involved and the wolves, are very touching. I think the author has done a marvelous job in explaining to us about this much-misunderstood species. The book is written in a 'story' form, thus making it, i think, an informative but yet 'light' book to read during pleasure time. And for those who are not much familiar with the wolves like myself, this book does not contain too much scientific writings that are too overwhelming and hard to digest. And in cases where there are, the author dealt it with much comprehension thus making it very easy to understand especially to those who are ignorant to that certain aspect. Personally, I had a wonderful time reading this book and it got me into reading many other wolves books.

Great book for both adults and teenagers. Surprisingly, it reveals data suggesting that the wolves have a hierarchical/social structure most close to us humans (when we act on our animal level.) It was an insight into office life around me and into human jealousy situations around.

I LOVE THIS BOOK !!!!! This is one of the most information filled books I have ever read! It was easy to read and I didn't want to put it down!