A review by nbonarski
The Age of Deer: Trouble and Kinship with our Wild Neighbors by Erika Howsare

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

A lovely book about the entwined relationship of man and deer. Covering symbolism, funeral traditions, hunting and man's influence on deer and our role in deer population control and care. Primarily focused on USA history of white tail. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Blood and Car accident

Minor: Death, Gore, Slavery, Excrement, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

The mild warnings are used in historical recalling and are stated in a matter of fact way. Sections of the book describe deer death and deer processing. Includes descriptions of deer-car collisions.