The Man Who Lives with Wolves: A Memoir - True Story of Living Among Wolves | Wilderness Survival & Animal Bonding | Perfect for Nature Lovers & Adventure Readers
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What would compel a man to place himself in constant danger in order to become a member of a wolf pack? To eat with them, putting his head into a carcass alongside the wolves' gnashing teeth? To play, hunt, and spar with them, suffering bruises and bites? To learn their language so his howl is indistinguishable from theirs? To give up a normal life of relationships and family so that he can devote himself completely to the protection of these wild animals?In The Man Who Lives with Wolves, Shaun Ellis reveals how his life irrevocably changed the first time he set eyes on a wolf. In exhilarating prose, he takes us from his upbringing in the wilds of Norfolk, England, to his survival training with British Army Special Forces to the Nez Percé Indian lands in Idaho, where he first ran with a wolf pack for nearly two years.Offering an extraordinary look into the lives of these threatened, misunderstood creatures, Ellis shares how he ate raw kill–and little else; washed rarely, and only in plain water; learned to bury his face into the carcasses of prey–and, when necessary, to defend his share of the kill; communicated with the pack by his howls and body language, which over time became seemingly identical to theirs; and observed from this unique vantage point how wolves give birth to and raise their young, and enforce order among the pack.After years of living in the wild, Shaun Ellis was barely able to recognize the feral face that stared back at him from the mirror. And in The Man Who Lives with Wolves, we discover the life of a rare and fascinating man who abandoned civilization but never lost touch with his humanity.
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An unusual subject, beautifully written. A bit slow in a few places, but all-in-all, 5 out of 5 stars for this TRUE story. Not everyone will relate to the writer and his subjects, but there is a lot to be learned. (First, that the myths we've grown up with about how dangerous wolves are, are largely false.) Wolves form a tightly knit family (we call it a pack), and they look out for one another like families should - and they and the natural world around them benefit from their approach to survival in the wild. Every member has their role to play, and they take care of each other as best they can. Some reviewers seem to think the author was 'making things up.' If so, he did a very careful job of making his 'made-up' stories self-consistent. That is, one realization discussed in one situation, fits well with the effects seen in much different situations. Yes, I understand that PhD Biologists, etc. may disagree with his techniques (i.e., violation of the Scientific Method), but he's looking at the real world, not some esoteric 'model' of how things 'might' work. If I was facing a large wild wolf in a forest, I believe I'd follow his suggestions over people who only investigate through binoculars
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