
Vicious: Wolves and Men in America
Title: Vicious: Wolves and Men in America Author: Jon T Coleman ISBN: 9780300103908 Publisher: Yale University Press Published: 2004 Binding: Hardcover Language: English Condition: Used: Very Good Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders. K 1454270 Publisher Description: Over a continent and three centuries, American livestock owners destroyed wolves to protect the beasts that supplied them with food, clothing, mobility, and wealth. The brutality of the campaign soon exceeded wolves misdeeds. Wolves menaced property, not people, but storytellers often depicted the animals as ravenous threats to human safety. Subjects of nightmares and legends, wolves fell prey not only to Americans thirst for land and resources but also to their deeper anxieties about the untamed frontier. Now Americans study and pro