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Four men probe the life and death of Cathy Collins, a young Catholic nun tortured and killed by the soldiers of a Latin American dictator

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Feared, revered, honored, and hated at various points throughout history, the gray wolf has always seemed to provoke strong responses. By the twentieth century, human beings had killed or driven off wolf populations throughout most of the animals historic range. With the coming of the conservation movement, though, the wolfs bad fortune began to improve. People came to understand the key role that the predator played in the habitats in which it lived and began wolf reintroduction projects. Readers will learn about the animal and its behaviors, as well as the efforts to bring the wolf back. Highly informative and likely to appeal to animal lovers.

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