The Alpha Female Wolf - The Fierce Legacy of Yellowstone's 06

"Book Four in the Award-Winning Alpha Wolves of Yellowstone Series Following five generations of female wolves--including the famous 06--this gripping family saga set in Yellowstone National Park reveals the pivotal role that female wolves play in pack life. "Rick's writing is so vivid, so powerful, that I feel I have been right there with him among the wolves of Yellowstone. And I urge you, the reader, to come with us and discover the magic of wolf society."--DR. JANE GOODALL, DBE, Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute & UN Messenger of Peace Yellowstone's 06 female was called 'the most famous wolf in the world.' Her strength, beauty, and intelligence were unmatched, and her ability to hunt, protect her young cubs, and choose the right mates made her pack successful. In his latest book, award-winning author and renowned wolf researcher Rick McIntyre turns his spotting scope on 06 and more remarkable female wolves, telling the dramatic true story of five generations of female leaders in Yellowstone National Park. As Rick shows us, female wolves, not their male counterparts, play the most pivotal roles in pack life. They choose who may mate with them and where their pack will hunt and raise pups. They negotiate treaties and fiercely defend their families. The only opponent they cannot defeat is a human with a gun. In The Alpha Female Wolf, McIntyre profiles 06's rise to power. He also celebrates the lives of other female wolves who deserve our recognition. Throughout, McIntyre weaves wolf biology and storytelling into a page-turning narrative that, once again, gives readers a rare window into life in a wolf pack--this time from a female point of view."--

List of contents

Map of Northeast Yellowstone National Park 
Select Yellowstone Wolf Pack Territories 2009–2015 
The Matriarchs 
Foreword by Jane Goodall 
Prologue 
The History of the Druid Pack 

Part I: 2009–2010
1 Acting as the Alpha 
2 Enter the 06 Female 
3 06 Puts Together a Team 
4 06 and Her First Pups 
5 06 Moves to Lamar Valley 

Part II: 2011
6 06’s Second Litter 
7 Prelude to War 

Part III: 2012
8 Death on the Lamar River 
9 The Rescue of the 06 Female 
10 The Mollie’s Pack Attacks 06’s Family 
11 The Den Raid 
12 Teamwork 
13 The Revenge of a Mother Wolf 
14 The Lamar Pack in Late Summer 
15 Hard Times 

Part IV: 2013
16 Starting Over 
17 The Setback 

Part V: 2014
18 Quest for an Alpha Female 

Part VI: 2015
19 Hard Times for 926 
20 926’s Triumph 
21 The Meaning of the Word Hope 

Epilogue 
Author’s Note 
Acknowledgments 
References 
Index 

About the author

Rick McIntyre has spent more time observing and documenting wolves in the wild than any other person. A retired National Park ranger, McIntyre has spent more than forty years watching wolves in America’s national parks, twenty-five of those years in Yellowstone, where he has accumulated over 100,000 wolf sightings, worked on the Yellowstone Wolf Reintroduction Project, and educated the public about the park’s wolves. He lives in Silver Gate, Montana.

Summary

Book Four in the Award-Winning Alpha Wolves of Yellowstone series

Following five generations of female wolves—including the famous 06—this gripping family saga set in Yellowstone National Park reveals the pivotal role that female wolves play in pack life.

“Rick’s writing is so vivid, so powerful, that I feel I have been right there with him among the wolves of Yellowstone. And I urge you, the reader, to come with us and discover the magic of wolf society.”—DR. JANE GOODALL, DBE, Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute & UN Messenger of Peace

Yellowstone’s 06 female was called ‘the most famous wolf in the world.’ Her strength, beauty, and intelligence were unmatched, and her ability to hunt, protect her young cubs, and choose the right mates made her pack successful. In his latest book, award-winning author and renowned wolf researcher Rick McIntyre turns his spotting scope on 06 and more remarkable female wolves, telling the dramatic true story of five generations of female leaders in Yellowstone National Park.

As Rick shows us, female wolves, not their male counterparts, play the most pivotal roles in pack life. They choose who may mate with them and where their pack will hunt and raise pups. They negotiate treaties and fiercely defend their families. The only opponent they cannot defeat is a human with a gun.

In The Alpha Female Wolf, McIntyre profiles 06’s rise to power. He also celebrates the lives of other female wolves who deserve our recognition. Throughout, McIntyre weaves wolf biology and storytelling into a page-turning narrative that, once again, gives readers a rare window into life in a wolf pack—this time from a female point of view.

Foreword

• Extensive galley send


• International publicity campaign


• Digital and print advertising


• Promotion on Edelweiss


• Social media campaign; influencer outreach

Additional text

"Rick McIntyre's fourth book in a most remarkable series of books about "all things wolves" is a gem, as were his first three outstanding books detailing the fascinating and surprising lives of the wolves of Yellowstone."—Marc Bekoff, University of Colorado, co-author of A Dog's World: Imagining the Lives of Dogs in a World Without Humans.

Product details

• Authors: Rick Mcintyre, McIntyre Rick
• Assisted by: Jane Goodall (Foreword)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.10.2022
• EAN: 9781771648585
• ISBN: 978-1-77164-858-5
• No. of pages: 280
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 24 mm
• Weight: 466 g
• Illustrations: 2 B&W maps, 8 page color insert
• Series: The Alpha Wolves of Yellowstone; The Alpha Wolves of Yellowstone Series
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Zoology; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, Ethology and animal behaviour