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The Rise of Wolf 8

Witnessing the Triumph of Yellowstone's Underdog
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In The Rise of Wolf 8 by Rick McIntyre, the story unfolds in the captivating wilderness of Yellowstone National Park. It follows the fascinating journey of Wolf 8, originally a smaller and underestimated wolf, who emerges as a powerful and respected leader of his pack. The narrative explores themes of resilience, leadership, and the complex social dynamics of wolf packs, offering a unique glimpse into the lives of these iconic animals.
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You might enjoy this book if you're fascinated by wildlife, especially the captivating dynamics of wolf packs in Yellowstone National Park. It may appeal to you if you appreciate detailed, narrative-style nature writing that explores themes of resilience, social structure, and animal behaviour.

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The Rise of Wolf 8

The astonishing true story of one of the first wolves to roam Yellowstone in more than 60 years. Authored by a renowned wolf researcher and gifted storyteller, this title launches an original and bold new trilogy, which will transform our view of wolves forever..

An Amazon.com Best Science Book of 2019! Runnerup β€” 2020 Reading the West Book Awards! Named a Notable Book by the 2019Β Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Awards! β€œ[McIntyre's] greatest strength is the quiet respect and wonder with which he regards his subjects, a quality clearly informed by decades of careful watching." β€”Publishers Weekly β€œRick's book [The Rise of Wolf 8] is a goldmine for information on all aspects of wolf behavior and clearly shows they are clever, smart, and emotional beings." β€”Psychology Today β€œThe main attraction of this book, though, is the storytelling about individual wolves, including the powerful origin story of one of Yellowstone’s greatest and most famous wolves." β€”Washington Post β€œYellowstone’s resident wolf guru Rick McIntyre has been many things to many people: an expert tracker for the park’s biologists, an indefatigable roadside interpreter for visitors, and an invaluable consultant to countless chronicles of the park’s wolvesβ€”including my own. But he is first and foremost a storyteller whose encyclopedic knowledge of Yellowstone’s wolf reintroduction projectβ€”now in its 25th yearβ€”is unparalleled.” β€”Nate Blakeslee, New York Times bestselling author of American Wolf

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The powerful origin story of one of Yellowstone's greatest and most famous wolves. -Washington Post

The Rise of Wolf 8 is a goldmine for information on all aspects of wolf behaviour and clearly shows they are clever, smart, and emotional beings. -Psychology Today

Yellowstone National Park was once home to an abundance of wild wolves, but park rangers killed the last of their kind in the 1920s. Decades later, the rangers brought them back, with the first wolves arriving from Canada in 1995.

This is the incredible true story of one of those wolves. Wolf 8 struggles at first; he is smaller than the other pups and often bullied, but soon he bonds with an alpha female whose mate was shot. An unusually young alpha male, barely a teenager in human years, Wolf 8 rises to the occasion, hunting skilfully, and even defending his family from the wolf who killed his father. But soon he faces a new opponent: his adopted son, who mates with a violent alpha female. Can Wolf 8 protect his valley without harming his protΓ©gΓ©?

Authored by a renowned wolf researcher and gifted storyteller, The Rise of Wolf 8 marks the beginning of The Alpha Wolves of Yellowstone series, which will transform our view of wolves forever.

Series: The Alpha Wolves of Yellowstone Series

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The Rise of Wolf 8 by Rick McIntyre receives high praise for its insightful exploration of wolf behaviour and the author's deep respect for his subjects. Highlighted as an Amazon Best Science Book of 2019 and a runner-up in the 2020 Reading the West Book Awards, it captures readers with its engaging storytelling and detailed chronicle of Yellowstone's wolf reintroduction project. The book shines not only for its rich information but also for its compelling narratives about individual wolves, notably capturing the essence of Yellowstone's wildlife history.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781771647809

Publisher: Greystone Books,Canada

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 29 October 2020

Country: Canada

Imprint: Greystone Books,Canada

Illustration: Color photographs, 1 map

Contributors:

  • Foreword by Robert Redford

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 139.0mm

Height: 215.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 289

About the Author

RICK MCINTYRE has spent more than fifty years watching wolves in America's national parks, twenty-five of those years in Yellowstone, where he has accumulated over 100,000 wolf sightings and educated the public about the park's most famous wolves. He has spoken about the Yellowstone wolves with 60 Minutes, NPR, and CBC, and he is profiled extensively in Nate Blakeslee's American Wolf and in international publications. He lives in Silver Gate, Montana.

ROBERT REDFORD-actor, director, and producer-has been a passionate art and environmental activist since the early 1970s. He has been an advocate for climate change awareness, clean energy, and habitat protection for over forty years.

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