CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

I: CANIS LUPUS LINNAEUS

1. Origin and Description 2. Social Structure and Communication 3. Hunting and Territory

II: AND A CLOUD PASSES OVERHEAD

4. Amaguk and Sacred Meat 5. A Wolf in the Heart 6. Wolf Warriors

III: THE BEAST OF WASTE AND DESOLATION

7. The Clamor of Justification 8. Wolfing for Sport 9. An American Pogrom

IV: AND A WOLF SHALL DEVOUR THE SUN

10. Out of a Medieval Mind 11. The Reach of Science 12. Searching for the Beast 13. Images from a Childhood 14. A Howling at Twilight

EPILOGUE: On the Raising of Wolves and a New Ethology BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX ILLUSTRATION CREDITS