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| Never Cry Wolf : Amazing True Story of Life Among Arctic Wolves | 
| Author: Farley Mowat
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  83 reviews
Sales Rank: 6828
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.2 x 0.8
ISBN: 0316881791
Dewey Decimal Number: 599.773
EAN: 9780316881791
ASIN: 0316881791
Publication Date: September 13, 2001
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| Customer Reviews:
 Unafraid November 12, 2005
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Mowat is not only a scientist but also a social reformer. The fact is nature has been thrown out of balance in most areas in the North American continent because preditory animals have been eliminated. This past year, wolves have been reintroduced into Yellowstone. I wonder how much Mowat had to do with this. When this was written people still feared their babies would be stolen and relished by packs of roving wolves. They feared the image of the wolf while our present day society loves images of the wolf on posters, in paintings and even t-shirts. After the movie was made into a film, more people were touched by the message that wolves are not to be feared. Mowat wasn't afraid to go live with them for awhile and document their behavior much like Jane Goodhal did with chimpanzees. He ate field mice to prove that wolves could subsist on them as a diet during lean times. He marked the path to his cabin with trails of his own urine to prove that wolves have their own social standards and respect for other's territory.
Mowat is consistently a de-mystifyer in his writings. I've been enjoying his other writings on Inuit tribes, their customs and struggles. He's a boat-rocker too not finding much favor with corporate people and government bureaucrats who either ignore or exploit the area and its indigenous peoples to the point of near extinction. So to read all of the books of his I've read so far is to be educated about the arctic region, its wildlife, people and peculiarities. He fell in love with the area as a very young man and gave most of his life to it. I'm crazy about his stuff and am working my way through all of his work.
Never Cry Wolf August 11, 2005
4 out of 8 found this review helpful
Wasn't sure if I would like this book, since fiction doesn't interest me, and I wasn't sure if Farley wrote fiction or shaded the truth. I had seen part of the movie, and that's probably why I had questions, but for someone who only can stay with reading things, to help me solve problems, and trouble shoot things, I Couldn't put the book down. I needed to know what happened next. If you love wildlife, and would like to know facts instead of lies that man makes up about the scary world out there, get This book, and Learn.
Found Farley recently, and I want to read more of his work. I might just learn more about the creatures that inhabit the earth, and WE are one of them. Can't hurt to see through someone elses eyes, who has a love of nature, and got to places to do things, that most just dream about.
Deadpan, clinical, hilarious July 21, 2005
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Farley Mowat is what every scientist should be; dry, sarcastic, clinical, hilarious, and not afraid to eat mice. The biologist who spent two years in the Arctic wild won me over with his warm descriptions of the wolf family he watches (George, Angelina, and Uncle Albert). Brilliantly funny and informative!
Excellent book for all wolf lovers. April 21, 2005
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This book is one of the many books on wolves that I have read. This is a wonderfull book compared to some of the best books I have read. Anyone who loves wolves or just loves reading will be thrilled with the one in a life-time experience for all ages. It brings out the human part of wolves and shows what we as humans have done to them. I would recamend this book to anyone.
An Amazing Story December 24, 2004
1 out of 6 found this review helpful
In the introduction Farley Mowat writes that his intent was to write about the bureaucracy and misinformation which Mowat felt was pushing the Canadian government in the wrong enviromental direction. Granted, there is parts of the book dedicated to that but Mowat becomes so obsessed with the wolves he is studing that they soon become the stars of his own story.
Never Cry Wolf is an adventure story about a scientist relocated to the Canadian wilderness to study the effects that wolves have on the depleating numbers of carabao. Mowat not only links the decline in carabao to man but he also ends up taking some fasinating notes on wolf behavior.
The only problem with the book is that it is around 40 years old. From this book today, there is no way of knowing how accurate and relevant Mowat information still is.
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