| Description |
xv, 270 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
Western Americana series
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Yale Western Americana series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-265) and index. |
| Contents |
Howls, snarls, and musket shots : saying "this is mine" in colonial New England -- Beasts of lore : how stories turned fearsome monsters into skulking criminals -- Wolf bullets with adders' tongues : how to kill a wolf in colonial New England -- Predator to prey : wolves' journey through the northeastern woodlands -- Surrounded : fear and retribution in the northeastern forests -- Metaphors of slaughter : two wolf hunts -- A wealth of canines : Mormon Americans on the Great Plains -- Call it a coyote : how to exterminate wolves in colonial Utah -- Annihilation and enlightenment : the cultural extinction of North American wolves -- Reintroduction. |
| Subject |
Wolves -- United States -- History.
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Wolves. |
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United States. |
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History. |
| ISBN |
0300103905 cloth alkaline paper |
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