Rating:  Summary: The love of wolves. Review: This book by the Canadian naturalist Farley Mowat, which was made into a film in 1983, is an account, often humorous, of Mowat's study of the natural behavior of the arctic wolf in the treeless environs of northern Canada in the late 1940s. He had been sent up there to study the wolf and bring back data on how much the wolf population had been the apparent cause of the large decline in the caribou population. What he discovered was a detailed family life and the controversial observation that there no threat at all for the caribou (or to humans) from the wolves. This book is a classic in conservation literature. It shows the love man has of nature and how we should protect it. As most ranchers will tell you, coyotes are much more of a problem than wolves and wolves help keep the coyote population down.
Rating:  Summary: I hated it. Review: I Hated this book, it was very boring. I would read things I find on the ground before I read it again.
Rating:  Summary: Ahhhhh, I didn't like it. Review: This is a book about wolves. It is a far cry from Dr. Seuss, but is still good for children. I as and adult, did not like the meaning behind it and it was treacherously boring, but if you want to read go ahead, because you probably have lots of time on your hands.
Rating:  Summary: Interesting if you like reading about research progress Review: I am a high school student in grade 12. I read this book as a ISU novel study. I didn't really get into the book until the part about the mice. Otherwise it was pretty boring. But if you like that kind of stuff go ahead and get the book.I recommend this book to anyone over 40 with a lot of time on their hands.
Rating:  Summary: Hilarious yet Intuitive Reading Review: Never Cry wolf embeleshes a lost form of writing only seen by those who truly understand the outdoors. It's factual content is good, but the humor far exceeds it. I especially enjoyed the wolf juice.
Rating:  Summary: Mowat's plea to mankind from a remote wilderness. Review: Sent by a government agency to establish the facts against the arctic wolf, by proving that it was a resolute and unflinching killer of caribou, the youthful Mowat actually discovered (for what was not to be the only time in his life) that man was the only serious threat in the North and that the wolf was quietly feasting on mice instead of "deer". A heart-rending tale, told by a true believer in all things animal and human, this is a book which should be compulsory reading for all schoolchildren. Mowat has done us a great service by pointing out that we cannot continue to treat the natural world as if its many denizens were of no importance, even to us. Finding out the truth about the wolf also helped Mowat, and us, find out something very important about ourselves; it's a lesson we need to learn and relearn and never forget. Never Cry Wolf will long remain a startling but lonely cry from a remote wilderness.
Rating:  Summary: a most interstended book. Review: This book as a lot of bloodthirsty wolves. The young boy went camping with his father. They met up with a pack of wolves when they went deer hunting. I like this book because it talks about wolves and has some gross stuff in it. Farley Mowat has a lot of detail about this book and the writing really lets you understand it better.
Rating:  Summary: For nature lovers or otherwise, a must-read! Review: Saw the movie a long time ago; never got to read the book until now, and I am glad I did. Beautifully written and an eye-opener for those who do not realize the pressing problems inherent with resource exploitation and development in the last remaining (precious) wilderness we have. It will always be good to know that there are still places out there where nature rules!
Rating:  Summary: Read this even if you don't like nature books!!! Review: This was a fascinating and wonderful book on the myths and realities of the arctic wolf. I definitely recommend this to everyone.
Rating:  Summary: Fabulous reading! Review: This is a great story and one I would definitely recommend to all ages. It made quite an impression on me as a teenager and then again as an adult. One to keep in the library and bring out on those cold winter nights..
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