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Never Cry Wolf : Amazing True Story of Life Among Arctic Wolves Paperback – September 13, 2001

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More than a half-century ago the Canadian Wildlife Service assigned the naturalist Farley Mowat to investigate why wolves were killing arctic caribou. Mowat's account of the summer he lived in the frozen tundra alone-studying the wolf population and developing a deep affection for the wolves (who were of no threat to caribou or man) and for a friendly Inuit tribe known as the Ihalmiut ("People of the Deer")-is a work that has become cherished by generations of readers, an indelible record of the myths and magic of wild wolves.

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Farley Mowat has recorded his experiences in several highly successful books for both adults and children, including People of the Deer, The Dog Who Wouldn't Be, The Desperate People, A Whale for the Killing, and The Boat Who Wouldn't Float.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Back Bay Books; Reprint edition (September 13, 2001)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0316881791
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0316881791
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 12 - 15 years
Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 1330L
Grade level ‏ : ‎ 7 - 9
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.38 x 0.75 x 8 inches

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Farley McGill Mowat (1921-2014) was born in Belleville, Ontario. The author of more than forty books, he was a popular and distinguished naturalist and conservationist whose internationally acclaimed novels, books for young readers, and memoirs have been translated into fifty-two languages and have sold more than seventeen million copies. Mowat's oeuvre includes People of the Deer; Lost in the Barrens, a recipient of Canada's Governor General's Award; The Boat Who Wouldn't Float; A Whale for the Killing; The Snow Walker; and Virguga: The Passion of Dian Fossy.

Mowat is most widely known for his 1963 book Never Cry Wolf, which recounts his adventures as a biologist on a solo mission in 1946 to study Arctic wolves in the Keewatin Barren Lands in northern Manitoba. The book is credited with changing the stereotypically negative perception of wolves as vicious killers. New York Times op-ed columnist Nicholas D. Kristof named Mowat's The Dog Who Wouldn't Be, first published in 1957, one of the best children's books of all time.

Mowat served in World War II from 1940 to 1945, entering the army as a private and emerging with the rank of captain. He began writing professionally in 1949 after spending two years in the Arctic. He was an inveterate traveler with a passion for remote places and peoples.

Mowat was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1981. In 2002 the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society named a ship for him in recognition of his activism against the whaling industry.

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Customers find the book engaging and informative about wolves. They describe the story as delightful, human, and well-written. The humor is described as amusing and clever. Readers praise the writing style as excellent and easy to understand. The author's honest approach to life resonates with them. The book provides essential information for understanding ecology and the connectedness of nature.

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124 customers mention "Readability"124 positive0 negative

Customers find the book engaging and easy to read. They say it offers great insights into the author and the Inuit culture. Readers mention it's a must-read for anyone who hikes, bikes, camps, goes fishing or hunting. The book is described as funny and educational.

"...This book was amazing at showing how these beautiful and highly intelligent creatures truly want nothing to do with humans, that we're guided by..." Read more

"One of my favorite books of all time. And easy read for all ages. Highly recommended." Read more

"Never Cry Wolf is a good, funny book that's actually quite endearing...." Read more

"...The book is indeed better. As a research biologist I have observed many misconceptions of the role of wildlife in natural settings...." Read more

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Customers find the book informative and engaging about wolves' lives. It provides a new appreciation for an often maligned animal. Readers describe it as a great book for biologists, wildlife majors, and veterinarians. They say it quickly changed their negative views on wolves and was among the front-runners in myth-busting.

"...You will learn about the amazing wolf and how they live as a family, educate their young as well as only taking what they need - highly recommend" Read more

"...Great book for biologists, wildlife majors, even veterinarians...or simply a book and animal lover will appreciate the power of its wisdom within..." Read more

"Never Cry Wolf is a good, funny book that's actually quite endearing...." Read more

"...I find that the book must have been among the front-running myth busters on wolves. Myth busting is always entertaining...." Read more

64 customers mention "Story quality"64 positive0 negative

Customers find the story engaging and human. They appreciate the author's narrative style and insights into the complex social world of the Inuit. The book offers great insights into the author, the Inuit, and their beliefs. It is a unique novel that changes people's thinking and opens the reader's soul to beautiful activities.

"...It's also one of those unique novels that changed the way people think in a positive way.Yes, it's pretty clear it's a novel...." Read more

"...Myth busting is always entertaining...." Read more

"A delightful story of the author's life in the Arctic investigating wolf predation of caribou - during the course of which he came to all the..." Read more

"...the movie told a better story with better characters...." Read more

53 customers mention "Humor"53 positive0 negative

Customers enjoy the book's humor. They find it amusing, entertaining, and engaging. The author has a clever sense of humor and quickly dispels myths. The book keeps readers entertained and educated about wolves and their activities in nature.

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"Never Cry Wolf is a good, funny book that's actually quite endearing...." Read more

"...That is of course a nicely absurd sentence and therefore fun, but is also a little precarious.)..." Read more

"...Farley Mowat is a trained biologist with a great sense of humor, and with a keen sense of how ridiculous he must have looked competing with wolves..." Read more

44 customers mention "Writing style"41 positive3 negative

Customers find the writing style excellent and easy to understand. They say it's a fast, easy read for all ages. The book is described as a wonderful description of the land, people, and new world.

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"...This book was amazing at showing how these beautiful and highly intelligent creatures truly want nothing to do with humans, that we're guided by..." Read more

"One of my favorite books of all time. And easy read for all ages. Highly recommended." Read more

"...the same story, they tell it in different ways: the movie, with stunning visuals; the book, with more satisfying details...." Read more

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Customers find the book insightful and funny. They appreciate Mowat's honest approach to life and find it a source of inspiration and understanding. The author is described as compassionate, accessible, and humorous. Readers appreciate his growing understanding and love for wolves.

"...This book was amazing at showing how these beautiful and highly intelligent creatures truly want nothing to do with humans, that we're guided by..." Read more

"...He was able to live among them and study their social and physical behaviors...." Read more

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"...wolves, this books sets me straight about their true nature and social abilities." Read more

17 customers mention "Ecology"17 positive0 negative

Customers find this book helpful for understanding ecology and the interconnectedness of man. They describe it as a classic of environmental literature by one of the great early ecologists. The book champions the inherent balance in nature and the fact that man should leave it alone. It is a library for any scientist, conservationist, or nature lover. The storyline has an ecological and anthropological storyline, with activities in mostly unspoiled nature. It raises important nature preservation issues in a very humanistic manner.

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"...opens the reader’s soul to the beautiful activities of (mostly) unspoiled nature, while allowing one to become aware of the self-interested lies..." Read more

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6 customers mention "Family structure"6 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the strong family structure in the book. They mention that families play together, hunt together, and mate for life. The book shows happy pictures of family life.

"...a great fascination with wolves, and this book shows their strength, family orientation & the natural evolution of them & their prey...." Read more

"...The wolf families are dedicated to the pups. The families play together, hunt together and mate for life...." Read more

"...how they live, how they rear their young, and how they have a strong family structure that looks after both the young and the old....I have always..." Read more

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Katy
wonderful read
Reviewed in the United States on March 30, 2023
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Am always thrilled to read books about nature and wildlife, especially when done through the eyes of someone like Farley. As I read I knew over time he would realize how much of the information regarding wolves was false and grossly untrue. His writing is factual while being delightfully entertaining. You will learn about the amazing wolf and how they live as a family, educate their young as well as only taking what they need - highly recommend

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Phenomenal Story!
Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2017
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By far one of my favorite books. It truly opened my eyes on how ignorance and fear will guide us as humans to almost eradicate a species of animal that is so unbelievably misunderstood it's embarrassing! Even to this day people still believe wolves should be hunted and not allowed to go free. This book was amazing at showing how these beautiful and highly intelligent creatures truly want nothing to do with humans, that we're guided by fear of the unknown, and that they're here to help keep caribou populations in proper check and healthy form. Loved the true life notes from the biologist...was extremely disappointed in the movie rendition of this story as it totally showed just how ridiculously ignorant we truly are as humans.
Great book for biologists, wildlife majors, even veterinarians...or simply a book and animal lover will appreciate the power of its wisdom within its pages.

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Shootnjohn
Great book
Reviewed in the United States on July 28, 2024
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One of my favorite books of all time. And easy read for all ages. Highly recommended.

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JAK
Never Cry Wolf is a good, funny book that's actually quite endearing
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Never Cry Wolf is a good, funny book that's actually quite endearing. It's also one of those unique novels that changed the way people think in a positive way.Yes, it's pretty clear it's a novel.I didn't know anything about the controversy surrounding the book until I finished reading it but I knew right away that aspects of the book didn't ring true.The notion that the government would simply drop an inexperienced greenhorn in the territory 300 miles north of Churchill, Manitoba to engage in research all by himself sounded improbable.The author's fortuitous discovery of friendly Eskimo's seemed a little too convenient.However, once you accept that this isn't really a true story,you're in for a lot of fun.The scene where the author is cooking for Eskimo visitors who quite understandably think he is insane is priceless.The wolves are charming and that was deliberate and important. Mowat can accused of self aggrandizement and has been accused of plagiarism(I don't know if that's true).This book was for the wolves and it served them well.

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H. Schneider
Pictures of happy family life
Reviewed in the United States on May 13, 2010
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I watched the movie some time in the 90s. I loved it. I was unaware that the author of the book has nearly cult status in Canada. An amazon friend (or more than 1?) told me that I ought to read Farley Mowat ... so here I am, choosing his one book that means something to me immediately. I find that the book must have been among the front-running myth busters on wolves. Myth busting is always entertaining. I don't know enough about the subject matter to judge the full extent of truth in the matter, but as I like Mowat's attitude and writing, I give him the benefit of doubt (though I was a little disconcerted by the following line in his foreword of 1993: Never allow facts to interfere with the truth! That is of course a nicely absurd sentence and therefore fun, but is also a little precarious.)

What is this? It is several things: first of all a non-fiction account of a research expedition into the wild and cold. (Or is it an inaccurate account of a biased partisan trip to damage the natural interests of the hunting industry?) It is also a shrill satire about hunters, their lobby, bureaucrats, and `scientists'. All this is funny and it is nice to see how Mowat stretches his humor to himself. (Example: he was sunbathing naked in the wilderness, when a small group of wolves passes nearby; he has no time to collect his clothes and runs after them naked, for his scientific observations; he meets a group of local people (then still called Eskimos) and after the encounter a man says to him that the woman in the group might have liked him better with his trousers on.)

The book was published in the 60s but based on events in the 40s. A young zoologist is sent to the wilderness to prove that wolves are bad and require eradication. They are competing with the large game industry, who does not like competition. The ruling theory about wolves is that they are voraciously bloodthirsty and kill for the fun. Our hero is expected to measure the problem and propose solutions.
He writes in his 1993 foreword that he sees himself as one of the fathers of the theory that the wolf has been demonized unfairly, that he is not remotely the danger to Homo sapiens and other species that mythology claimed him to be. The demonization of the wolf, says Mowat, was started when man became sedentary. Wolf became the embodiment of evil to civilized man.
Mowat's idyllic stories about good family life and neighborhood, plus his descriptions of wolves hunting deer reads as if it makes sense. His main theory is that wolves don't diminish deer herds, but keep them healthy. Convincing.
This is all old history and probably the real world has moved on to doing irreparable damage by now. Or not?

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Ken Charm
So much better than described
Reviewed in the United States on December 17, 2024
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Tragically, Farley Mowat books carry no monetary value...they should! I paid $5.99 for a first edition, signed copy of the book. At first I thought I got very lucky with such a treasure. Nope, there is apparently no market for hand signed, first edition copies of Never Cry Wolf. I love Farley Mowat and, while I still say The Boat That Wouldn't Float is my favorite of his books, Never Cry Wolf is a close second.

I will treasure my signed first edition copy for years to come.

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Excellent book.
Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2024
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I have read this book several times over. Enough said.

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Keith Manhard
Farley Mowat is an exemplary writer
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Siurana
Debería ser fondo de librería para todo el mundo
Reviewed in Spain on March 28, 2021
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Me encanta este libro. Sí, soy una admiradora de los lobos desde siempre, de pequeña me sabía de memoria los capítulos del lobo de Felix Rodríguez de la Fuente. Un día encontré en la biblioteca "Los lobos también lloran" y, simplemente, me encantó. Lo busqué para comprarlo, pero estaba agotado en castellano. Ahora lo han reeditado, pero yo prefiero la versión original. Es una historia fascinante que te hace comprender a estos fantásticos animales. No te lo pierdas. Imprescindible

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Brunella Pernigotti
A classic of environmental, wildlife and adventure literature.
Reviewed in Italy on October 9, 2018
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I'm Italian but I decided to read this book in English, to enjoy entirely Mowat's sense of humor and his beautifully written pages. I love wolves and I know lots of things that nowadays help to debunk the myth of the old bad wolf, but I think that in the early 1960's this book documented for the first time the real life of wolves, their habits, their social relations and their hunting system. I loved reading every page of this novel.

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Best book
Reviewed in Japan on April 17, 2020
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I'M able to read the book once it has arrived in the mailbox

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Susan Burrell
We have it all wrong about wolves!!!
Reviewed in Australia on February 21, 2018
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This engaging and illuminating description of his time spent in the Canadian wilderness in the1960’s observing and coming to know and admire the local wolf population, reveals amazing discrepancies between the fear-inducing myths we believe about wolves, and the magnificent , social , helpful animals they actually are. Wolves are still being hunted to extinction in many parts of the world , despite Mowat’s efforts to correct people’s (especially the hunting lobby) misconceptions about wolves. This is a a powerful lesson about relying on the stories spun to us by the media and powers that be, about anything, really!! Do your own research, find out first hand.

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