Brenda Peterson is the author of eighteen books, including the novel Duck and Cover, which was a New York Times "Notable Book of the Year," and I Want to Be Left Behind, selected by the Christian Science Monitor among the Top Ten Best Non-Fiction Books of 2010. Her most recent work, Your Life Is a Book, was a monthly Oprah book club selection. Peterson's work has appeared in the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, and she has contributed environmental commentary to Seattle NPR stations and on animal and environmental issues for The Huffington Post. She lives in Seattle on the shores of Salish Sea.
"[Wolf Nation] is a comprehensive look at these animals - their
behavior and biology, why they howl and how they hunt, how alpha
females can lead a family pack, and how their presence has improved
every ecology to which they have returned."--Cosmos
"A rich account of a most enigmatic creature."--Library Journal
"A riveting, heartwarming, and occasionally heartbreaking history
of wolves in America."
--Chicago Review of Books
"Blending solid history with on-the-ground reportage, Peterson
turns in a spirited defense of Canis lupus."--Kirkus Reviews
"Gripping and wonderfully lucid, this is both an entrancing and
necessary read."--Manhattan Book Review
"In Wolf Nation, Peterson adeptly captures the plight of wolves on
this continent, stressing the importance of their return to
prominence in nature." --Winnipeg Free Press
"In eloquent language, Peterson brings us to the truisms that not
only does wilderness need wolves, but wolves must thrive to make
the world whole again."--Booklist
"Peterson broadens the existing wolf-behavior knowledge base
through well-informed discussions of the pivotal effect that wolves
have on wild ecosystems, the increasingly sophisticated study of
wolf biology, and not only why wolves howl but what they might be
saying."
--Santa Fe New Mexican
"Peterson's considerable writing skills shine brilliantly through
her engaging, flowing prose as she seamlessly interweaves science,
history and memoir in this important and meticulously researched
book."--Forbes, ?The 10 Best Environment, Climate Science and
Conservation Books of 2017?
"The story of how wolves...came to reinhabit the American West is
recounted in Brenda Peterson's instructive new book...[She] has
ideal credentials to undertake such a project."--Wall Street
Journal
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