A well-illustrated introduction to Canadian natural history.Ronald Douglas Lawrence (1921-2003) lived in many places and tried many things.
Lawrence describes his "love affair" with wolves. Recounts Lawrence's trials in observing cougars in British Columbia. and Alaska on a 24-foot boat following the death of his wife. An account of rehabilitating various wild animals, particularly a black bear cub, on Lawrence's Ontario farm. The Study of Life: A Naturalist’s View, 1980.An account of raising two wolf pups, with reflections on the role of predators. The story of Yukon, Lawrence's wolf-dog, and their bond. An account of raising an orphaned baby beaver and observations on beaver behavior and intelligence.
With the previous volume, portraits of 51 bird species and 52 mammals, with discussion of behavior.
Wildlife in North America: Birds, 1974. Wildlife in North America: Mammals, 1974. Lawrence's first novel is about a family of wolves. They see us as a pack, Sharon fulfilling the role of much loved materfamilias, myself as the pack leader." The wolves, of course, have no doubt about the matter. He reared a number of abandoned wolves: in his memoir, he wrote, "We cannot make up our minds whether we are a family of four people or a pack of four wolves. In his memoir ( The Green Trees Beyond, 1994), he wrote of his preference for nature over civilization, and explained how (per one reviewer) "he was taught to love for the first time by a wolf". He loved wolves and considered them the "ultimate stabilizers" in their ecosystems. The naturalist acknowledged Henry David Thoreau as a great influence in his life: "At fourteen I read Walden and was deeply impressed by one of Thoreau's sentences: 'In wildness is the preservation of the world.'" He was concerned and angry about humankind's treatment of nature, but generally kept his opinions out of his writing he opposed clear-cut logging and the hunts of bears and wolves that were organized to control deer populations.
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