Study Guide for 'Wolf Journal, A Novel' - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1589398270 ISBN 13: 9781589398276

Publisher: Virtualbookworm.com Publishing, 2005

Synopsis

This study guide is the academic companion to Brian Connolly's "Wolf Journal." Set in the Allegheny Mountains of northern Pennsylvania, farm boy Jimmy Warren finds wolf tracks in the snow - even though no wolves have been in these woods for a hundred years. The tracks lead him deeper into his passion for nature guided by Hawk, an old Susquehannock storyteller. Along the way, Jimmy falls in love with the beautiful Sherry Woolman who shares his love of the wild. As a school project, Jimmy keeps a journal on wolves. In order to protect the wolf he discovered, Jimmy writes about him as if he is fiction. The Tanner brothers, a derelict pair of would-be bounty hunters, threaten to destroy the perfect balance of nature that Jimmy has found. "Wolf Journal" is a journey into the natural world where intricate details, like the imprint of a wing in snow, tell a larger story - one of endangered species, an endangered planet, and the human spirit that strives to understand and protect.

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About the Author

Brian Connolly represents public- and private-sector clients in matters relating to zoning, planning, development entitlements and other complex regulatory issues. Brian s practice encompasses a broad range of land use matters including zoning compliance, rezonings and other regulatory amendments, planned-unit developments, development agreements, private covenants and restrictions, land use and zoning litigation, initiatives and referenda associated with land use approvals, and real estate transactions. Brian additionally specializes in the First Amendment and land use issues associated with outdoor sign and advertising regulation, and fair housing matters in local planning and zoning. Prior to practicing law, Brian was an urban planner in the planning department of a highly-populated suburban county in New York State. There, Brian reviewed numerous large-scale development proposals for consistency with municipal codes and countywide planning policies. Additionally, Brian managed the county s economic and population research functions, analyzing government data and authoring a variety of reports for use by government officials, and the non-profit and private sectors. Brian has also worked in planning capacities at the federal and municipal government levels. Brian has served as lead co-author of two books, including Group Homes: Strategies for Effective and Defensible Planning and Regulation (ABA Publishing 2014), addressing the planning and local zoning issues associated with group homes for people with disabilities; and The Michigan Sign Guidebook: The Local Planning and Regulation of Signs (Scenic Michigan 2011), which discusses the legal aspects particularly the First Amendment issues relating to outdoor sign and advertising regulation. Brian serves on the advisory board of the Rocky Mountain Land Use Institute, and he is one of 26 experts in land use law serving as reporters for the national land use law publication Planning & Environmental Law. He frequently writes on planning and land use law topics, including fair housing, sign regulation, aesthetics, and other matters, and Brian is a regular speaker at conferences on these topics, including at national and state conferences of the American Planning Association, American Bar Association, and Rocky Mountain Land Use Institute.

Edition details

• Publisher: Virtualbookworm.com Publishing
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1589398270
• ISBN 13: 9781589398276
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 60