Of Wolves and Men

Barry Lopez (1945–2020) was the author of three collections of essays, including Horizon; several story collections; Arctic Dreams, for which he received the National Book Award; Of Wolves and Men, a National Book Award finalist; and Crow and Weasel, a novella-length fable. He contributed regularly to both American and foreign journals and traveled to more than seventy countries to conduct research. He was the recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim, Lannan, and National Science Foundations and was honored by a number of institutions for his literary, humanitarian, and environmental work.Nate Blakeslee is a writer-at-large for Texas Monthly in Austin. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller American Wolf.

"Haunting . . . has something of value to say to all of us." —The Boston Globe "A wealth of observation, mythology and mysticism . . . that adds a colorful part to the still-unfinished mosaic that defines the wolf." —The New York Times Book Review  "Biologically absorbing and humanly rich . . . should be read by every ecologically concerned American." —John Fowle  "Not only the best popular account of an animal I have read in a long time but also something new—a bridge between books of the past and those of the future, which, it is hoped, will incorporate and expand the perceptions so eloquently treated here." —George Schaller "[Lopez’s] patient effort to understand a despised, feared, and heavily mythologized beast induces a shiver of strangeness, the sign of fresh, original work." —Newsweek

• CONTENTSINTRODUCTIONI: CANIS LUPUS LINNAEUS1. Origin and Description2. Social Structure and Communication3. Hunting and TerritoryII: AND A CLOUD PASSES OVERHEAD4. Amaguk and Sacred Meat5. A Wolf in the Heart6. Wolf WarriorsIII: THE BEAST OF WASTE AND DESOLATION7. The Clamor of Justification8. Wolfing for Sport9. An American PogromIV: AND A WOLF SHALL DEVOUR THE SUN10. Out of a Medieval Mind11. The Reach of Science12. Searching for the Beast13. Images from a Childhood14. A Howling at TwilightEPILOGUE: On the Raising of Wolves and a New EthologyBIBLIOGRAPHYINDEXILLUSTRATION CREDITS