American Wolf by Nate Blakeslee

American Wolf by Nate Blakeslee

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELER

The enthralling story of the rise and reign of O-Six, the celebrated Yellowstone wolf, and the people who loved or feared her.

Before men ruled the earth, there were wolves. Once abundant in North America, these majestic creatures were hunted to near extinction in the lower 48 states by the 1920s. But in recent decades, conservationists have brought wolves back to the Rockies, igniting a battle over the very soul of the West.

With novelistic detail, Nate Blakeslee tells the gripping story of one of these wolves, O-Six, a charismatic alpha female named for the year of her birth. Uncommonly powerful, with gray fur and faint black ovals around each eye, O-Six is a kind and merciful leader, a fiercely intelligent fighter, and a doting mother. She is beloved by wolf watchers, particularly renowned naturalist Rick McIntyre, and becomes something of a social media star, with followers around the world.

But as she raises her pups and protects her pack, O-Six is challenged on all fronts: by hunters, who compete with wolves for the elk they both prize; by cattle ranchers who are losing livestock and have the ear of politicians; and by other Yellowstone wolves who are vying for control of the park's stunningly beautiful Lamar Valley.

These forces collide in American Wolf, a riveting multigenerational saga of hardship and triumph that tells a larger story about the ongoing cultural clash in the West--between those fighting for a vanishing way of life and those committed to restoring one of the country's most iconic landscapes.

Nathan Blakeslee's books include American Wolf: A Real Tale of Survival and Obsession in the West and Tulia: Race, Cocaine, and Corruption in a Tiny Texas Town, which earned the J.D. Salinger Award. The Anthony Lukas Book Prize and the Texas Institute of Letters' outstanding nonfiction book prize are two awards given out by the Texas Institute of Letters. Blakeslee is a contributing writer for Texas Monthly, where he worked for nine years as a senior editor, covering politics, criminal justice, and environmental problems. He was the editor of the Texas Observer before that. Blakeslee is a Texan native who grew up in Arlington.

He graduated from the University of Texas in Austin with a master's degree in arts. He and his wife, as well as their two children, live in Austin.

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ISBN 13	9781101902783
ISBN 10	1101902787
Title	American Wolf
Author	Nate Blakeslee
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Year published	2017-10-17
Number of pages	320
Prizes	Winner of Audie Award for Best Nonfiction Audiobook 2018
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.