suebrownreads 's review for:

Of Wolves and Men by Barry Lopez

3.0

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I am not sure why this book has so many great reviews. I liked some of it, but most of it was kind of sad and depressing. There was not a lot of new information, and I assume that is because so much more research has been done since this book was published. I did learn more about the mythology of wolves from other countries, but I couldn't help thinking about how barbaric and ignorant man was/is about wolves. The part about Native Americans and wolves was interesting, but some of the stories seemed very brief and incomplete. There are dozens and dozens of stories about the murder and mutilation of wolves (mostly about the American's fight to abolish them from the landscape,) but I was already educated in this area, so I did not see the point in reading more about these horrendous acts.