In the Presence of Wolves - Hardcover

McNamee, Gregory; Wolfe, Art

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0517700212 ISBN 13: 9780517700211

Verlag: Random House Value Publications, 1995

Inhaltsangabe

A stunning collection of 140 full-color photographs provides an illuminating close-up look at the lives and complex behavior of wolves, from birth to death, in their own natural habitat, documenting the social interactions within the pack. 12,500 first printing.

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Art Wolfe's photographs have appeared in National Wildlife, National Geographic, Smithsonian, Audubon, and Life magazines. His exclusive photographs are included in such books as Bears: Their Life and Behavior; Owls: Their Life and Behavior; Wild Cats of the World; Migrations; The Kingdom; and Light of the Land. He lives in Seattle, Washington.<br><br>Gregory Mcnamee, former editor-in-chief of the University of Arizona Press, is a book columnist for Outside magazine and a contributor to Chronicle, Parabola, and other publications. He is the author of Gila: The Life and Death of an American River and the compiler of Named in Stone and Sky: An Arizona Anthology. He lives in Tucson, Arizona.

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s occupied so central a role in human culture as the wolf, Canis lupus, and for good reason: no animal is quite like our pretechnological selves. Thousands of years ago, before the rise of agriculture and urban civilization, wolves and our forebears lived as social animals in small, free-ranging bands. Both were largely unaffected by predation from competing species; both were commensal, sharing food and friendship; and both were intelligent killers, rarely wanton, rarely wasteful, who relied on a highly evolved program of signals and language to coordinate their efforts.<br><br>In the Presence of Wolves presents a surprisingly diverse body of myth, legend, and literature that both illustrates the wolf's importance to human thought and chronicles the wolf's changing fortunes. Art Wolfe brings these legends and folklore alive with a career collection of compelling and vivid images. This creative photographic exploration offers a sweeping but intimate look at the wolf and its environment -- a powe

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• Verlag: Random House Value Publications
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1995
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0517700212
• ISBN 13: 9780517700211
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 160
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