Never Cry Wolf Plot Summary

Never Cry Wolf Overview

With a remarkable blend of seriousness and good humor, Mowat records his observations of wolf behavior and his account of daily life in the sparsely populated Keewatin District in Never Cry Wolf. The novel is fast-paced and filled with adventures and amusing discoveries. From his first accidental introduction to a wolf to his experiments concerning wolf diet, which result in the recipe for "Souris a la Creme," otherwise known as Creamed Mouse, Mowat provides an informative, entertaining narrative.

Mowat's Never Cry Wolf is not just about wolves and a wolf watcher. Equally important is its treatment of the governmental bureaucracy that sends him to a frozen wasteland hundreds of miles from civilization armed only with a canoe and a radio transmitter with a twenty-mile range. A product of this bureaucracy when he first arrives, Mowat is ill-prepared to survive in the wild. His ignorance, coupled with his preconceived...
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