Three Among the Wolves: A Couple and their Dog Live a Year with Wolves in the Wild - Softcover

Thayer, Helen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1570614792 ISBN 13: 9781570614798

Publisher: Sasquatch Books, 2006

Synopsis

Helen and Bill Thayer, accompanied by their part-wolf, mostly Husky dog, Charlie, set out to live among wild wolf packs--first in the Canadian Yukon and then in the Arctic. When they set up camp within 100 feet of a wolf den, they were greeted with apprehension. But they establish trust over time because the wolves accept Charlie as the alpha male of the newly arrived "pack." Readers travel with the Thayers as they learn about wolf family structure, view the intricacies of the hunt, the wolves' finely honed survival skills, and playfulness.

About this title

Review:

"Thayer is an explorer-naturalist of a breed that in the modern age is more threatened than wolves. She is not a millionaire, an academic, a government scientist or the sponsored face of a large corporation. . . . Instead, she's a self-taught, self-finan

About the Author:

Helen Thayer lives in Snohomish, WA.

About this edition

• Publisher: Sasquatch Books
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1570614792
• ISBN 13: 9781570614798
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256