Description: Wolf Mountains is essentially a work of environmental history, treating the land as an actor in the historical process. This controversial study examines the tumultuous relationship between humans and wolves in four Rocky Mountain parks.
Brief description: Karen Jones is a senior lecturer in history at the University of Kent. She specializes in the history of the United States and the Canadian West, as well as North American environmental history.
Review Quotes:
Jones's work demonstrates the interconnectedness of the Rocky Mountain parks and their wolves while at the same time recognizing that each park's wolf history was and remains influenced by local, regional, and national interests.
--Kimberley Jarvis, Environmental History