Rick McIntyre - The Alpha Female Wolf: The Fierce Legacy of Yellowstones 06

[Rick McIntyres] greatest strength is the quiet respect and wonder with which he regards his subjects, a quality clearly informed by decades of careful watching.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

Ricks book [The Rise of Wolf 8] is a goldmine for information on all aspects of wolf behavior and clearly shows they are clever, smart, and emotional beings.
PSYCHOLOGY TODAY

The main attraction of this book, though, is the storytelling about individual wolves, including the powerful origin story of one of Yellowstones greatest and most famous wolves.
WASHINGTON POST

Yellowstones resident wolf guru Rick McIntyre has been many things to many people: an expert tracker for the parks biologists, an indefatigable roadside interpreter for visitors, and an invaluable consultant to countless chronicles of the parks wolvesincluding my own. But he is first and foremost a storyteller whose encyclopedic knowledge of Yellowstones wolf reintroduction projectnow in its 25th yearis unparalleled.
NATE BLAKESLEE, New York Times best-selling author of American Wolf

For many years Ive thought that Rick McIntyre is the go-to guy for all things wolf, and his latest book, The Rise of Wolf 8, amply confirms my belief. A must readto which Ill return many timesfor anyone interested in wolves and other nature. Wolves and humans are lucky to have Rick McIntyre.
MARC BEKOFF, PhD, author of Rewilding Our Hearts and Canine Confidential

[McIntyre] spins the best stories about wolves that anyone will ever tell, ever. No one could match it.
DOUGLAS W. SMITH, senior wildlife biologist and project leader for the Yellowstone Gray Wolf Restoration Project

The Rise of Wolf 8 is a saga of triumph and tragedy, tribal warfare, love and loss, sagacity and survival, revealing new insights into the complexity of lupine existence. You will be richly rewarded by reading each detail patientlythey all lead to a gripping climax to an altogether stunning story.
NORMAN BISHOP, Yellowstone wolf interpreter and advisor to the Rocky Mountain Wolf Project and Living With Wolves

This book is your invitation and opportunity to spend years inside Yellowstone National Park alongside the man who has spent more time watching wolves than anyone in the history of the world. As your patient teacher, he will show you that wolves are all individuals, and that the lives they lead are truly epic.
CARL SAFINA, author of Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel

To follow the ever-changing destinies of the Yellowstone wolves is to witness a real-life drama, complete with acts of bravery, tragedy, sacrifice, and heroism. Rick McIntyre has monitored the parks wolves since reintroduction.
JIM AND JAMIE DUTCHER, founders of Living With Wolves

winner of the Reading the West Award for Best Narrative Nonfiction

Wolf lovers, rejoice!
BOOKLIST

Like Thomas McNamee, David Mech, Barry Lopez, and other literary naturalists with an interest in wolf behavior, McIntyre writes with both elegance and flair, making complex biology and ethology a pleasure to read. Fans of wild wolves will eat this one up.
KIRKUS starred review

Ricks passion for the Yellowstone wolves flows through this meticulous book about wolf love, play, life, and death. Its just like being there.
DR. DIANE BOYD, wolf biologist

Rick McIntyre is a master storyteller and has dedicated his life to wolvesmost particularly Yellowstone wolves. He tells their stories better than anyone, arguably better than anyone in history. I too have dedicated my life to wolves, yet reading Ricks stories, I still learn new things. This book is a treasure.
DOUGLAS W. SMITH, senior wildlife biologist and project leader for the Yellowstone Gray Wolf Restoration Project

Im always eager for the next book by Rick McIntyre. I learn so much fascinating information about wolves and their interactions with each other and with their prey.
L. DAVID MECH, author of The Wolf: The Ecology and Behavior of an Endangered Species

Rick McIntyre has observed wild wolves more than any person ever. It is the way he sees wolvesas fellow social beings with stories to sharethat makes his books so powerful. Through that lens, we glimpse our own hopes and dreams.
ED BANGS, former U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wolf recovery coordinator for the Northern Rockies

I was skeptical that McIntyre could write a second book as beguiling and insightful as his first about the wolves reintroduced to Yellowstone. Wow, was I wrong. This book is equally captivating as The Rise of Wolf 8 (which you must read before 21).
KAY WOSEWICK, Boswell Book Company (Milwaukee, WI)

What a tale! It reads like a well-written thriller, except its real, and youll never forget Wolf 21 after youve read his story.
LINDA BOND, Aunties Bookstore (Spokane, WA)

The continuation of the Yellowstone wolves series did not disappoint. The author did a fantastic job of telling the story of wolf 42 and 21 and the consequences and life of wild animals. I cant wait to see how this series will be concluded.
DAVID OTT, Books-A-Million

Another fact-filled and science-based tale that cant help but also warm hearts.
SHELF AWARENESS

[A] story of a fleeting, vibrant life that will change your mind not only about wolves, but about what a leader should do to project confidence and strength when the chips are down. From the first like to the last, its a beauty.
ARKANSAS TIMES

Ricks books should be mandatory reading for anyone who wants to learn about the fascinating animals with whom we share our magnificent planet and whose lives depend on our good will, decency, respect, along with a deep understanding and appreciation of how vital they are to maintaining a healthy planet in an increasingly human-dominated and troubled world.
MARC BEKOFF, PhD, author of Rewilding Our Hearts and Canine Confidential

In this third saga tracing the lives of wolves in the wild, Rick rewards readers with a heartwarming, heartbreaking transition of Wolf 302 from a rambling rake to a responsible adult to a rearguard ready to die to save his pups. Wolf stories dont get better than this.
NORMAN BISHOP, Yellowstone wolf interpreter and advisor to the Rocky Mountain Wolf Project and Living With Wolves

What thrilling stories about the Yellowstone wolves! The daily observations by Rick McIntyre are unprecedented in their detail and bring the personalities alive. The wolves are intelligent, feeling beings who, as exemplified by wolf 302, learn over a lifetime what their role in the pack is or ought to be.