Never Cry Wolf

· Open Road Media
4.7
22 reviews
Ebook
170
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This international bestseller that changed the way we look at wolves “opens new horizons in understanding animal nature and intelligence” (Newsday).

In 1948, Farley Mowat landed in the far north of Manitoba, Canada, a young biologist sent to investigate the region’s dwindling population of caribou. Many people thought that the caribous’ conspicuous decline had been caused by the tundra’s most notorious predator: the wolf. Alone among the howling canine packs, Mowat expected to find the bloodthirsty beasts of popular conception. Instead, over the course of a summer spent observing the powerful animals, Mowat discovered an animal species with a remarkable capacity for loyalty, virtue, and playfulness.
 
Praised for its humor and engrossing narrative, Never Cry Wolf describes a group of wolves whose interactions and behaviors seem strikingly similar to our own. Mowat humanizes these animals that have long been demonized, turning the widespread narrative of the “savage wolf” on its head and inspiring many governments to enact protective legislation for the North’s most mysterious creature.
 

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4.7
22 reviews
A Google user
February 28, 2019
I read this in high school in 1968 and have never forgotten. Beautifully written with a healthy dose of wry humor aimed at himself and not a molecule of syrupy do-gooderism, this is easily one of my 100 best books ever. Old as it is, the author's ecological observations and conclusions are still valid. And it's a hellova good read.
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Kela Bear
August 7, 2015
One of my fav books. Got it from the library (which I recommend, since it's kinda short for $10). This is the type of book that you just always remember, a very good read.
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Purple Babushka
June 13, 2019
Everyone should read about the behavior of wolves, and try to understand the facts. People are unjustified in being afraid. Let them be, to serve their purpose upon the land.
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About the author

Farley McGill Mowat (1921–2014) was born in Belleville, Ontario. The author of more than forty books, he was a popular and distinguished naturalist and conservationist whose internationally acclaimed novels, books for young readers, and memoirs have been translated into fifty-two languages and have sold more than seventeen million copies. Mowat’s oeuvre includes People of the Deer; Lost in the Barrens, a recipient of Canada’s Governor General’s Award; The Boat Who Wouldn’t Float; A Whale for the Killing; The Snow Walker; and Virguga: The Passion of Dian Fossy
 
Mowat is most widely known for his 1963 book Never Cry Wolf, which recounts his adventures as a biologist on a solo mission in 1946 to study Arctic wolves in the Keewatin Barren Lands in northern Manitoba. The book is credited with changing the stereotypically negative perception of wolves as vicious killers. New York Times op-ed columnist Nicholas D. Kristof named Mowat’s The Dog Who Wouldn’t Be, first published in 1957, one of the best children’s books of all time.
 
Mowat served in World War II from 1940 to 1945, entering the army as a private and emerging with the rank of captain. He began writing professionally in 1949 after spending two years in the Arctic. He was an inveterate traveler with a passion for remote places and peoples. 
 
Mowat was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1981. In 2002 the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society named a ship for him in recognition of his activism against the whaling industry.

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