Introduction

Canis lupus linnaeus

Origin and description

Social structure and communication

Hunting and territory

Cloud passes overhead: Amaguk and sacred meat

Wolf in the heart

Wolf warriors

Beast of waste and desolation: Clamor of justification

Wolfing for sport

American pogrom

Wolf shall devour the sun: Out of a medieval mind

Reach of science

Searching for the beast

Images from a childhood

Howling at twilight

Epilogue: On the raising of wolves and a new ethology

Afterword: Reacquaintance with wolves

Bibliography

Index

Illustration credits.