The Alpha Female Wolf

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Book Review| October 01 2023 The Alpha Female Wolf: The Fierce Legacy of Yellowstone’s 06 The Alpha Female Wolf: The Fierce Legacy of Yellowstone’s 06 (First Edition). By Rick McIntyre. 2022. Greystone Books. (ISBN 978-I-77164-858-5). 256 pp. Softcover Advance Copy. $23.95. Kirstin Milks, Kirstin Milks Department Editor Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Frank Brown Cloud, Frank Brown Cloud Department Editor Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Marjorie MacGregor Marjorie MacGregor upper school science faculty, Pembroke Hill School, Kansas City, MO mmacgregor@pembrokehill.org Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar mmacgregor@pembrokehill.org The American Biology Teacher (2023) 85 (8): 476. https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2023.85.8.476 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Marjorie MacGregor; The Alpha Female Wolf: The Fierce Legacy of Yellowstone’s 06. The American Biology Teacher 1 October 2023; 85 (8): 476. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2023.85.8.476 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentThe American Biology Teacher Search “Wolves lead lives that are full of challenges” (p. 208). That sums it up well – book review complete! In all seriousness, for anyone who has been to Yellowstone National Park or is simply a lover of wolves and behavior, this is a must read. Rick McIntyre is a detailed naturalist and former park ranger who has spent years documenting and observing wolves in their natural habitat. This is the fourth book in a series that tells the stories of the famous Yellowstone wolves. At one time, Yellowstone was their homeland but conflict with humans saw them completely extirpated in the early 1900s. Public perception at the time was one of the (loose) saying that the only good predator was a dead predator. Rick reminds us of this through the writings of the great Aldo Leopold who, in the essay Thinking like a Mountain, wrote of a wolf howl... You do not currently have access to this content.