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Coleman, Jon T., 1970-

Vicious wolves and men in America / [electronic resource] : Jon T. Coleman. - Yale University Press, c2004. - 1 online resource (xv, 270 p.) : ill., maps. - Western Americana series . - Yale Western Americana series. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-265) and index.

Howls, snarls, and musket shots : saying "this is mine" in colonial New England -- Beasts of lore : how stories turned fearsome monsters into skulking criminals -- Wolf bullets with adders' tongues : how to kill a wolf in colonial New England -- Predator to prey : wolves' journey through the northeastern woodlands -- Surrounded : fear and retribution in the northeastern forests -- Metaphors of slaughter : two wolf hunts -- A wealth of canines : Mormon Americans on the Great Plains -- Call it a coyote : how to exterminate wolves in colonial Utah -- Annihilation and enlightenment : the cultural extinction of North American wolves -- Reintroduction.

ISBN: 9780300133370 (electronic bk.) 0300133375 (electronic bk.)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Wolves--History.--United States
NATURE--Animals--Wolves.
Wolven.

Subjects--Index Terms: ზოოლოგია-- მგლები

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: QL737.C22 / C62 2004eb

Dewey Class. No.: 599.773/0973

Universal Decimal Class. No.: 599(73)

National Agricultural Library Call No.: QL737.C22 / C62 2004