Howl: of Woman and Wolf, by Susan Imhoff Bird
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Howl: of Woman and Wolf, by Susan Imhoff Bird
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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. [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 WolvesCommemorating the twentieth anniversary of the reintroduction of wolves to the American West, Howl follows Susan Imhoff Bird's exploration into the passions and controversies surrounding nature's most fascinating predator. At a crossroads in her own life, Bird travels around the West, talking with wolf watchers, landowners, wildlife managers, conservationists, and hunters about their understandings of what matters most, which almost always is their connection with the natural world. However, the often-conflicting issues raised by hunters, ranchers, and politicians prompt Bird's personal examination of wolf science, myths, and ethics, culminating in her conviction that wolves must be allowed to recover and thrive on our lands. Along the way, Bird begins to unleash her own wild nature, learning to howl and inviting us to do the same.Susan Imhoff Bird finds inspiration in Utah's canyons, valleys, and water-sculpted rock. She can often be found on her bicycle or snowshoes, absorbing the wisdom of the natural world. Bird lives in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Howl: of Woman and Wolf, by Susan Imhoff Bird- Amazon Sales Rank: #989351 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-09-21
- Released on: 2015-09-21
- Format: Kindle eBook
Review "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
About the Author 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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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Does she have any blood left in her??? By Michael A. Kalm Howl: Of Woman and Wolf by Susan Imhoff Bird is that rarest of reads - informative, insightful, nuanced, and paradoxically, a heart-wrenching delight. In the title, Woman comes before Wolf, and that is exactly as it should be, despite all the careful, painstaking research that went into the study of the precarious and controversial comeback of wolves into our ecosystems. Bird is an individual who has weathered some very severe traumas in her life -a biological father who abandoned her, a stepfather who said he was there for her, but only on his terms, and even then with a hovering brutality. She also “married forever” twice, only to have both marriages fail. And the most devastating blow of all, her first pregnancy with twins, only to have one die in utero and the other cripplingly handicapped. Bird found herself drawn to the environment, to the natural, to the wild, as temporary oases of solace from her many griefs. It was that attachment that very likely interested her in the subject of wolves. Wolves are an iconic entity of the wild juxtaposed to “civilization.” They are creatures of myth and mystery, loved, hated, feared and misunderstood. Bird set out to study them as comprehensively and scientifically as possible. She also set out to study public reactions, to fully understand those whose attitude toward wolves ranged from reverence to loathing. In doing this, she found out more and more about herself, how in many ways she had been trapped as wolves have been, and also how much she yearned to be wild and free as wolves can be. In revealing that part of her story, Bird goes into the details of her upbringing, her marriages and her experience as a mother. Authentic is too mild a word to use for the pure outpouring of heart that permeates Bird’s manuscript. This is a human being of total intensity and honesty. Nothing is left out. And she manages to do this, not in a maudlin way, but in a philosophical spiritual way, even with doses of humor along the way. It is an extraordinary tour-de-force. It will leave you in tears and drained at times, laughing at other times. By the way, the reader may find the book frustratingly disjointed as the narrative jumps between wolf and personal, past and present, research and anecdote and back again. I think this was actually done deliberately. One thing we discover that is certain about wolves is that they are predictably unpredictable. You cannot tell from one minute to the next, where they will choose to go, how they will choose to act, when they will kill – and when they will love. Bird channels her inner wolf by giving her narrative the freedom to wander, only better to let us get the whole panoply of her experience. Read this book. I doubt you will ever have read anything else like it.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Howl is a must read, the kind of book that transforms you by the time you read the last word. By Ky Delaney Susan Imhoff Bird seamlessly weaves the story of the wolf with her own narrative. From interviews with ranchers, hunters, wolf watchers and biologists, she writes about the complex ecology and politics behind wolf management. Susan reveals difficult personal experiences, from parenting a special needs child to letting go of failed marriages to a bone-smashing cycling accident.Susan delves into her desire to live close to the truest version of herself. “I sat quietly by myself and felt my own being – I’d squished her for a long time and I was lettering her fill back-up, be who she really was. Is.”She identifies herself as a people-pleaser and nice. Her transformative journey, digging herself out from under a mound of nice, respectful, and reticent to become a wild women who runs with wolves and howls with abandon, doesn’t happen all at once.While following the Yellowstone packs, she learns of a wolf with a broken leg who goes hunting. Being broken doesn’t define the wolf. Even though the wolf is hurt, she keeps hunting.All the heartache that life dishes up – divorce, death, and accidents – leave Susan feeling split, cracked, and halved by life. She demonstrates the same tenacity and grit of the wolf, showing up again and again with a willingness to get uncomfortable. Whether it’s driving on icy roads or tracking wolves in sub-zero temperatures Susan doesn’t give up.The more Susan gets out in nature, the more she notices, transporting the reader to her beloved high deserts and canyons with her gorgeous prose. She finds the places and wild animals that help her be more present. “I reach down into the earth and into the sky,” she writes. In the process of documenting the story of the wolf, she discovers another way of being. “It’s awe that saves us.”Susan’s transformation, much like the survival of the wolf in American West, require reaching and failing, searching and doubting, arguing and listening. If Susan has her way, we’ll all learn from wolves. “Wolves only give up when the only thing to do is give up.”
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Truth about Wolves and Women By Scott Abbott This book surprised me. I expected a good read and wasn’t disappointed. I didn’t, however, anticipate the complexities I found as the author investigated attempts to reintroduce wolves into contested territory. Journalists reporting on controversies like this one often present both sides of an issue and call it good. Susan Imhoff Bird had something else in mind. She wanted to get to the bottom of things. She wanted to come to conclusions. As a result, her interviews with scientists and ranchers don’t read like attempts to be fair and unbiased, although she is both; they feel like a thoughtful and thorough probing in the service of knowledge. Truth is objective, based on facts, dependent on good science, and there is plenty of that here. Truth is also subjective, and the truth-seekers I admire examine themselves at the same time they work to understand the question at hand. And that double focus is the magic of HOWL. The complexities of lost children and failed marriages and obsessive and therapeutic biking and self-doubt and self-assertion accompany the extensive research and the wide-ranging interviews.That Torrey House Press’s Kirsten Allen and Mark Bailey appear as players and facilitators in the narrative is no surprise, given the press’s stated values: “We believe that culture is changed through conversation and that lively contemporary literature is the cutting edge of social change. We believe that by building and engaging community in the conversation of conservation, we make our contribution to, as Wallace Stegner hoped for, a ‘society to match the scenery.’”
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