Of wolves and men

I: Canis lupus Linnaeus. Origin and description ; Social structure and communication ; Hunting and territory

II: And a cloud passes overhead. Amaguk and sacred meat ; A wolf in the heart ; Wolf warriors

III: The beast of waste and desolation. The clamor of justification ; Wolfing for sport ; An American pogrom

IV: And a wolf shall devour the sun. Out of a medieval mind ; The reach of science ; Searching for the beast

Images from a childhood ; A howling at twilight

Epilogue: On the raising of wolves and a new ethology