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"""Enormously personal and perceptive...a compelling wildlife study that extends beyond familiar settings."" --BOOKLIST Commemorating twenty years since the wolf's return to the American West, Howl explores passions and controversies surrounding nature's most fascinating predator. At a crossroads in her own life, Bird travels the West uncovering both a common love for the land and conflicting beliefs about wildlife among people who work with, for, or near wolves. Unleashed herself, she learns to howl."

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"""Enormously personal and perceptive...a compelling wildlife study that extends beyond familiar settings."" --BOOKLIST ""Howl has all the depth, complexity, and moving power of that most haunting of sounds: the howl of a wild wolf. Bird shows us that the gap between tameness and wildness is not so far as it might seem, and we ought to venture across to find out how wild feels."" --15 BYTES ""An accessible, quick-paced read, Howl extends the reader's imagination to see wolves and many other issues in perspectives he or she might not have ever anticipated. Bird's book demonstrates what creative nonfiction can accomplish in motivating a disconnected citizenry to rediscover and rejuvenate its relationship with nature and the non-human world."" --THE UTAH REVIEW ""An emotional, spiritual and educational literary journey. With fascinating information about wolves, it makes for a soulful, intriguing story."" --THE DESERET NEWS ""Transporting the reader to her beloved high deserts and canyons with her gorgeous prose...Susan Imhoff Bird seamlessly weaves the story of the wolf with her own narrative."" --BLUE RIDGE OUTDOORS ""With humor, sensitivity, and probing intelligence, Bird's inquiry into the world of the wolf weaves an outer journey with inner way-finding, resulting in an inspiring book about more than being human--it's about being alive."" --MARY ELLEN HANNIBAL, author of The Spine of the Continent ""A well-rounded wolf tale told by a writer who is comfortable both inside and outside her human skin. It speaks with an unsheltered heart reaching beyond loss for a wilder tether, that ancient yet enduring story of (wo)man and beast."" --DOUG PEACOCK, author of Grizzly Years ""With wit, emotion and passion, Susan thinks like many who have pondered the issue do not. It's well worth the time reading this fresh look at an ancient conflict."" --DOUG SMITH, author of Decade of the Wolf ""The brave writers of natural history understand both the technical and the spiritual sides of ecology; and they don't shy from either. Susan Imhoff Bird is one of these."" --MICHAEL SOULE, editor of Conservation Biology ""A quest to find the heart and soul of the wolf."" --RICK MCINTYRE, author of A Society of Wolves"

Enormously personal and perceptive...a compelling wildlife study that extends beyond familiar settings. --BOOKLIST Howl has all the depth, complexity, and moving power of that most haunting of sounds: the howl of a wild wolf. Bird shows us that the gap between tameness and wildness...is not so far as it might seem, and we ought to venture across to find out how wild feels. [Howl is] an education on a singular animal and an identification with a singular storyteller. --15 BYTES An accessible, quick-paced read, [Howl] extends the reader's imagination to see wolves and many other issues in perspectives he or she might not have ever anticipated...Bird's book demonstrates what creative nonfiction can accomplish in motivating a disconnected citizenry to rediscover and rejuvenate its relationship with nature and the non-human world. --THE UTAH REVIEW Howl: of Woman and Wolf is an emotional, spiritual and educational literary journey...with fascinating information about wolves, it makes for a soulful, intriguing story. --THE DESERET NEWS Transporting the reader to her beloved high deserts and canyons with her gorgeous prose...Susan Imhoff Bird seamlessly weaves the story of the wolf with her own narrative. --BLUE RIDGE OUTDOORS With humor, sensitivity, and probing intelligence, Bird's inquiry into the world of the wolf weaves an outer journey with inner way-finding, resulting in an inspiring book about more than being human--it's about being alive. --MARY ELLEN HANNIBAL, author of The Spine of the Continent: The Race to Save America's Last, Best Wilderness A well-rounded wolf tale told by a writer who is comfortable both inside and outside her human skin. It speaks with an unsheltered heart reaching beyond loss for a wilder tether, that ancient yet enduring story of (wo)man and beast. --DOUG PEACOCK, author of Grizzly Years With wit, emotion and passion, Susan thinks like many who have pondered the issue do not. It's well worth the time reading this preciously fresh look at an ancient conflict. --DOUG SMITH, author of Decade of the Wolf, senior wildlife biologist, Yellowstone National Park The brave writers of natural history understand both the technical and the spiritual sides of ecology; and they don't shy from either. Susan Imhoff Bird is one of these. --MICHAEL SOULE, editor of Conservation Biology: Research priorities for the next decade A quest to find the heart and soul of the wolf. --RICK MCINTYRE, author of A Society of Wolves -Enormously personal and perceptive...a compelling wildlife study that extends beyond familiar settings.---BOOKLIST -Howl has all the depth, complexity, and moving power of that most haunting of sounds: the howl of a wild wolf. Bird shows us that the gap between tameness and wildness...is not so far as it might seem, and we ought to venture across to find out how wild feels. [Howl is] an education on a singular animal and an identification with a singular storyteller.---15 BYTES -An accessible, quick-paced read, [Howl] extends the reader's imagination to see wolves and many other issues in perspectives he or she might not have ever anticipated...Bird's book demonstrates what creative nonfiction can accomplish in motivating a disconnected citizenry to rediscover and rejuvenate its relationship with nature and the non-human world.---THE UTAH REVIEW -Howl: of Woman and Wolf is an emotional, spiritual and educational literary journey...with fascinating information about wolves, it makes for a soulful, intriguing story.---THE DESERET NEWS -Transporting the reader to her beloved high deserts and canyons with her gorgeous prose...Susan Imhoff Bird seamlessly weaves the story of the wolf with her own narrative.---BLUE RIDGE OUTDOORS -With humor, sensitivity, and probing intelligence, Bird's inquiry into the world of the wolf weaves an outer journey with inner way-finding, resulting in an inspiring book about more than being human--it's about being alive.---MARY ELLEN HANNIBAL, author of The Spine of the Continent: The Race to Save America's Last, Best Wilderness -A well-rounded wolf tale told by a writer who is comfortable both inside and outside her human skin. It speaks with an unsheltered heart reaching beyond loss for a wilder tether, that ancient yet enduring story of (wo)man and beast.---DOUG PEACOCK, author of Grizzly Years -With wit, emotion and passion, Susan thinks like many who have pondered the issue do not. It's well worth the time reading this preciously fresh look at an ancient conflict.---DOUG SMITH, author of Decade of the Wolf, senior wildlife biologist, Yellowstone National Park -The brave writers of natural history understand both the technical and the spiritual sides of ecology; and they don't shy from either. Susan Imhoff Bird is one of these.---MICHAEL SOULE, editor of Conservation Biology: Research priorities for the next decade -A quest to find the heart and soul of the wolf.---RICK MCINTYRE, author of A Society of Wolves Enormously personal and perceptivea compelling wildlife study that extends beyond familiar settings. BOOKLIST Howl has all the depth, complexity, and moving power of that most haunting of sounds: the howl of a wild wolf. Bird shows us that the gap between tameness and wildnessis not so far as it might seem, and we ought to venture across to find out how wild feels. [ Howl is] an education on a singular animal and an identification with a singular storyteller. 15 BYTES An accessible, quick-paced read, [ Howl ] extends the reader's imagination to see wolves and many other issues in perspectives he or she might not have ever anticipatedBird's book demonstrates what creative nonfiction can accomplish in motivating a disconnected citizenry to rediscover and rejuvenate its relationship with nature and the nonhuman world. THE UTAH REVIEW Howl: of Woman and Wolf is an emotional, spiritual and educational literary journeywith fascinating information about wolves, it makes for a soulful, intriguing story. THE DESERET NEWS Transporting the reader to her beloved high deserts and canyons with her gorgeous proseSusan Imhoff Bird seamlessly weaves the story of the wolf with her own narrative. BLUE RIDGE OUTDOORS With humor, sensitivity, and probing intelligence, Bird's inquiry into the world of the wolf weaves an outer journey with inner way-finding, resulting in an inspiring book about more than being humanit's about being alive. MARY ELLEN HANNIBAL, author of The Spine of the Continent: The Race to Save America's Last, Best Wilderness A wellrounded wolf tale told by a writer who is comfortable both inside and outside her human skin. It speaks with an unsheltered heart reaching beyond loss for a wilder tether, that ancient yet enduring story of (wo)man and beast. DOUG PEACOCK, author of Grizzly Years With wit, emotion and passion, Susan thinks like many who have pondered the issue do not. It's well worth the time reading this preciously fresh look at an ancient conflict. DOUG SMITH, author of Decade of the Wolf, senior wildlife biologist, Yellowstone National Park The brave writers of natural history understand both the technical and the spiritual sides of ecology; and they don't shy from either. Susan Imhoff Bird is one of these. MICHAEL SOULE, editor of Conservation Biology: Research priorities for the next decade A quest to find the heart and soul of the wolf. RICK MCINTYRE, author of A Society of Wolves

Enormously personal and perceptivea compelling wildlife study that extends beyond familiar settings. BOOKLIST Howl has all the depth, complexity, and moving power of that most haunting of sounds: the howl of a wild wolf. Bird shows us that the gap between tameness and wildnessis not so far as it might seem, and we ought to venture across to find out how wild feels. [ Howl is] an education on a singular animal and an identification with a singular storyteller. 15 BYTES An accessible, quick-paced read, [ Howl ] extends the reader's imagination to see wolves and many other issues in perspectives he or she might not have ever anticipatedBird's book demonstrates what creative nonfiction can accomplish in motivating a disconnected citizenry to rediscover and rejuvenate its relationship with nature and the nonhuman world. THE UTAH REVIEW Howl: of Woman and Wolf is an emotional, spiritual and educational literary journeywith fascinating information about wolves, it makes for a soulful, intriguing story. THE DESERET NEWS Transporting the reader to her beloved high deserts and canyons with her gorgeous proseSusan Imhoff Bird seamlessly weaves the story of the wolf with her own narrative. BLUE RIDGE OUTDOORS With humor, sensitivity, and probing intelligence, Bird's inquiry into the world of the wolf weaves an outer journey with inner way-finding, resulting in an inspiring book about more than being humanit's about being alive. MARY ELLEN HANNIBAL, author of The Spine of the Continent: The Race to Save America's Last, Best Wilderness A wellrounded wolf tale told by a writer who is comfortable both inside and outside her human skin. It speaks with an unsheltered heart reaching beyond loss for a wilder tether, that ancient yet enduring story of (wo)man and beast. DOUG PEACOCK, author of Grizzly Years With wit, emotion and passion, Susan thinks like many who have pondered the issue do not. It's well worth the time reading this preciously fresh look at an ancient conflict. DOUG SMITH, author of Decade of the Wolf, senior wildlife biologist, Yellowstone National Park The brave writers of natural history understand both the technical and the spiritual sides of ecology; and they don't shy from either. Susan Imhoff Bird is one of these. MICHAEL SOULE, editor of Conservation Biology: Research priorities for the next decade A quest to find the heart and soul of the wolf. RICK MCINTYRE, author of A Society of Wolves

-Enormously personal and perceptive...a compelling wildlife study that extends beyond familiar settings.---BOOKLIST -Howl has all the depth, complexity, and moving power of that most haunting of sounds: the howl of a wild wolf. Bird shows us that the gap between tameness and wildness...is not so far as it might seem, and we ought to venture across to find out how wild feels. [Howl is] an education on a singular animal and an identification with a singular storyteller.---15 BYTES -An accessible, quick-paced read, [Howl] extends the reader's imagination to see wolves and many other issues in perspectives he or she might not have ever anticipated...Bird's book demonstrates what creative nonfiction can accomplish in motivating a disconnected citizenry to rediscover and rejuvenate its relationship with nature and the non-human world.---THE UTAH REVIEW -Howl: of Woman and Wolf is an emotional, spiritual and educational literary journey...with fascinating information about wolves, it makes for a soulful, intriguing story.---THE DESERET NEWS -Transporting the reader to her beloved high deserts and canyons with her gorgeous prose...Susan Imhoff Bird seamlessly weaves the story of the wolf with her own narrative.---BLUE RIDGE OUTDOORS -With humor, sensitivity, and probing intelligence, Bird's inquiry into the world of the wolf weaves an outer journey with inner way-finding, resulting in an inspiring book about more than being human--it's about being alive.---MARY ELLEN HANNIBAL, author of The Spine of the Continent: The Race to Save America's Last, Best Wilderness -A well-rounded wolf tale told by a writer who is comfortable both inside and outside her human skin. It speaks with an unsheltered heart reaching beyond loss for a wilder tether, that ancient yet enduring story of (wo)man and beast.---DOUG PEACOCK, author of Grizzly Years -With wit, emotion and passion, Susan thinks like many who have pondered the issue do not. It's well worth the time reading this preciously fresh look at an ancient conflict.---DOUG SMITH, author of Decade of the Wolf, senior wildlife biologist, Yellowstone National Park -The brave writers of natural history understand both the technical and the spiritual sides of ecology; and they don't shy from either. Susan Imhoff Bird is one of these.---MICHAEL SOULE, editor of Conservation Biology: Research priorities for the next decade -A quest to find the heart and soul of the wolf.---RICK MCINTYRE, author of A Society of Wolves

Enormously personal and perceptive...a compelling wildlife study that extends beyond familiar settings. --BOOKLIST Howl has all the depth, complexity, and moving power of that most haunting of sounds: the howl of a wild wolf. Bird shows us that the gap between tameness and wildness...is not so far as it might seem, and we ought to venture across to find out how wild feels. [Howl is] an education on a singular animal and an identification with a singular storyteller. --15 BYTES An accessible, quick-paced read, [Howl] extends the reader's imagination to see wolves and many other issues in perspectives he or she might not have ever anticipated...Bird's book demonstrates what creative nonfiction can accomplish in motivating a disconnected citizenry to rediscover and rejuvenate its relationship with nature and the non-human world. --THE UTAH REVIEW Howl: of Woman and Wolf is an emotional, spiritual and educational literary journey...with fascinating information about wolves, it makes for a soulful, intriguing story. --THE DESERET NEWS Transporting the reader to her beloved high deserts and canyons with her gorgeous prose...Susan Imhoff Bird seamlessly weaves the story of the wolf with her own narrative. --BLUE RIDGE OUTDOORS With humor, sensitivity, and probing intelligence, Bird's inquiry into the world of the wolf weaves an outer journey with inner way-finding, resulting in an inspiring book about more than being human--it's about being alive. --MARY ELLEN HANNIBAL, author of The Spine of the Continent: The Race to Save America's Last, Best Wilderness A well-rounded wolf tale told by a writer who is comfortable both inside and outside her human skin. It speaks with an unsheltered heart reaching beyond loss for a wilder tether, that ancient yet enduring story of (wo)man and beast. --DOUG PEACOCK, author of Grizzly Years With wit, emotion and passion, Susan thinks like many who have pondered the issue do not. It's well worth the time reading this preciously fresh look at an ancient conflict. --DOUG SMITH, author of Decade of the Wolf, senior wildlife biologist, Yellowstone National Park The brave writers of natural history understand both the technical and the spiritual sides of ecology; and they don't shy from either. Susan Imhoff Bird is one of these. --MICHAEL SOULE, editor of Conservation Biology: Research priorities for the next decade A quest to find the heart and soul of the wolf. --RICK MCINTYRE, author of A Society of Wolves -Enormously personal and perceptive...a compelling wildlife study that extends beyond familiar settings.- --BOOKLIST -Howl has all the depth, complexity, and moving power of that most haunting of sounds: the howl of a wild wolf. Bird shows us that the gap between tameness and wildness...is not so far as it might seem, and we ought to venture across to find out how wild feels. [Howl is] an education on a singular animal and an identification with a singular storyteller.- --15 BYTES -An accessible, quick-paced read, [Howl] extends the reader's imagination to see wolves and many other issues in perspectives he or she might not have ever anticipated...Bird's book demonstrates what creative nonfiction can accomplish in motivating a disconnected citizenry to rediscover and rejuvenate its relationship with nature and the non-human world.- --THE UTAH REVIEW -Howl: of Woman and Wolf is an emotional, spiritual and educational literary journey...with fascinating information about wolves, it makes for a soulful, intriguing story.- --THE DESERET NEWS -Transporting the reader to her beloved high deserts and canyons with her gorgeous prose...Susan Imhoff Bird seamlessly weaves the story of the wolf with her own narrative.- --BLUE RIDGE OUTDOORS -With humor, sensitivity, and probing intelligence, Bird's inquiry into the world of the wolf weaves an outer journey with inner way-finding, resulting in an inspiring book about more than being human--it's about being alive.- --MARY ELLEN HANNIBAL, author of The Spine of the Continent: The Race to Save America's Last, Best Wilderness -A well-rounded wolf tale told by a writer who is comfortable both inside and outside her human skin. It speaks with an unsheltered heart reaching beyond loss for a wilder tether, that ancient yet enduring story of (wo)man and beast.- --DOUG PEACOCK, author of Grizzly Years -With wit, emotion and passion, Susan thinks like many who have pondered the issue do not. It's well worth the time reading this preciously fresh look at an ancient conflict.- --DOUG SMITH, author of Decade of the Wolf, senior wildlife biologist, Yellowstone National Park -The brave writers of natural history understand both the technical and the spiritual sides of ecology; and they don't shy from either. Susan Imhoff Bird is one of these.- --MICHAEL SOULE, editor of Conservation Biology: Research priorities for the next decade -A quest to find the heart and soul of the wolf.- --RICK MCINTYRE, author of A Society of Wolves Enormously personal and perceptivea compelling wildlife study that extends beyond familiar settings. BOOKLIST Howl has all the depth, complexity, and moving power of that most haunting of sounds: the howl of a wild wolf. Bird shows us that the gap between tameness and wildnessis not so far as it might seem, and we ought to venture across to find out how wild feels. [ Howl is] an education on a singular animal and an identification with a singular storyteller. 15 BYTES An accessible, quick-paced read, [ Howl ] extends the reader's imagination to see wolves and many other issues in perspectives he or she might not have ever anticipatedBird's book demonstrates what creative nonfiction can accomplish in motivating a disconnected citizenry to rediscover and rejuvenate its relationship with nature and the nonhuman world. THE UTAH REVIEW Howl: of Woman and Wolf is an emotional, spiritual and educational literary journeywith fascinating information about wolves, it makes for a soulful, intriguing story. THE DESERET NEWS Transporting the reader to her beloved high deserts and canyons with her gorgeous proseSusan Imhoff Bird seamlessly weaves the story of the wolf with her own narrative. BLUE RIDGE OUTDOORS With humor, sensitivity, and probing intelligence, Bird's inquiry into the world of the wolf weaves an outer journey with inner way-finding, resulting in an inspiring book about more than being humanit's about being alive. MARY ELLEN HANNIBAL, author of The Spine of the Continent: The Race to Save America's Last, Best Wilderness A wellrounded wolf tale told by a writer who is comfortable both inside and outside her human skin. It speaks with an unsheltered heart reaching beyond loss for a wilder tether, that ancient yet enduring story of (wo)man and beast. DOUG PEACOCK, author of Grizzly Years With wit, emotion and passion, Susan thinks like many who have pondered the issue do not. It's well worth the time reading this preciously fresh look at an ancient conflict. DOUG SMITH, author of Decade of the Wolf, senior wildlife biologist, Yellowstone National Park The brave writers of natural history understand both the technical and the spiritual sides of ecology; and they don't shy from either. Susan Imhoff Bird is one of these. MICHAEL SOULE, editor of Conservation Biology: Research priorities for the next decade A quest to find the heart and soul of the wolf. RICK MCINTYRE, author of A Society of Wolves

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SUSAN IMHOFF BIRD finds inspiration in Utah's stunning canyons, valleys and water-sculpted rock. Traveling in Asia, South America, and Europe has exposed her to varied cultures and societies, resulting in an award-winning short story and a book about humanitarian work in Nepal. A mom of three and owner of a gratitude-based business, she is fascinated by human interactions. When not writing, reading, trying to meditate, or attempting yoga asanas, she can be found on her bicycle or snowshoes, absorbing the wisdom of the natural world. And occasionally howling.

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