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Description: |
xv, 270 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-265) and index. |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: Howls, snarls, and musket shots : saying "this is mine" in colonial New England -- Beasts of lore : how stories turned fearsome monsters into skulking criminals -- Wolf bullets with adders' tongues : how to kill a wolf in colonial New England -- Predator to prey : wolves' journey through the northeastern woodlands -- Surrounded : fear and retribution in the northeastern forests -- Metaphors of slaughter : two wolf hunts -- A wealth of canines : Mormon Americans on the Great Plains -- Call it a coyote : how to exterminate wolves in colonial Utah -- Annihilation and enlightenment : the cultural extinction of North American wolves -- Reintroduction. |
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Summary, Etc. Note: |
Review: "In this history of wolves in America - and of the humans who have hated and then loved them - Jon Coleman investigates a relationship between two species and uncovers striking similarities, deadly differences, and, all to frequently, tragic misunderstanding."--Jacket. |
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Awards Note: |
Awards: John H. Dunning Prize, American Historical Association, 2005 |
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Awards: W. Turrentine Jackson Award, Western History Association, 2005 |
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Elect. Loc./Access: |
ebrary http://site.ebrary.com/id/10167881 |
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Contributor biographical information http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/bios/yale051/2004000176.html |
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Index - Genre/Form: |
History. fast (OCoLC)fst01411628 |
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Series Added Entry: |
Yale Western Americana series. |