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Of Wolves and Men by Barry Lopez
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it was amazing
bookshelves: animals, classics, favorites, history, inspiring, nature, non-fiction, owned

Wonderful writer. Makes his writing poetic. Able to deal with a difficult subject with open eyes for all sides. Highly recommended.
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Barry Lopez
“The wolf exerts a powerful influence on the human imagination. It takes your stare and turns it back on you”
Barry Lopez, Of Wolves and Men

Barry Lopez
“I remember sitting in this cabin in Alaska one evening reading over the notes of all these encounters, and recalling Joseph Campbell, who wrote in the conclusion to 'Primitive Mythology' that men do not discover their gods, they create them. So do they also, I thought, looking at the notes before me, create their animals.”
Barry L贸pez, Of Wolves and Men

Barry Lopez
“Why we should believe in wolf children seems somehow easier to understand than the ways we distinguish between what is human and what is animal behavior. In making such distinctions we run the risk of fooling ourselves completely. We assume that the animal is entirely comprehensible and, as Henry Beston has said, has taken form on a plane beneath the one we occupy. It seems to me that this is a sure way to miss the animal and to see, instead, only another reflection of our own ideas.”
Barry Lopez, Of Wolves and Men

Barry Lopez
“It is, after all, not man but the universe that is subtle.”
Barry Lopez, Of Wolves and Men

Barry Lopez
“The wolf was the one animal that, again, did two things at once year after year: remained distinct and exemplary as an individual, yet served the tribe. There are no stories among Indians of lone wolves.”
Barry Lopez, Of Wolves and Men


Reading Progress

1986 – Started Reading
1986 – Finished Reading
March 8, 2025 – Shelved
March 8, 2025 – Shelved as: to-read
March 8, 2025 – Shelved as: animals
March 8, 2025 – Shelved as: classics
March 8, 2025 – Shelved as: favorites
March 8, 2025 – Shelved as: history
March 8, 2025 – Shelved as: inspiring
March 8, 2025 – Shelved as: nature
March 8, 2025 – Shelved as: non-fiction
March 8, 2025 – Shelved as: owned

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