What would compel a man to place himself in constant danger
in order to become a member of a wolf pack? To eat with
them, putting his head into a carcass alongside the wolves'
gnashing teeth? To play, hunt, and spar with them, suffering
bruises and bites? To learn their language so his howl is
indistinguishable from theirs? To give up a normal life of
relationships and family so that he can devote himself
completely to the protection of these wild
animals?
In The Man Who Lives with Wolves,
Shaun Ellis reveals how his life irrevocably changed the
first time he set eyes on a wolf. In exhilarating prose, he
takes us from his upbringing in the wilds of Norfolk,
England, to his survival training with British Army Special
Forces to the Nez Percé Indian lands in Idaho, where he
first ran with a wolf pack for nearly two
years.
Offering an extraordinary look into the lives
of these threatened, misunderstood creatures, Ellis shares
how he ate raw kill–and little else; washed rarely, and only
in plain water; learned to bury his face into the carcasses
of prey–and, when necessary, to defend his share of the
kill; communicated with the pack by his howls and body
language, which over time became seemingly identical to
theirs; and observed from this unique vantage point how
wolves give birth to and raise their young, and enforce
order among the pack.
After years of living in the
wild, Shaun Ellis was barely able to recognize the feral
face that stared back at him from the mirror. And in The
Man Who Lives with Wolves, we discover the life of a
rare and fascinating man who abandoned civilization but
never lost touch with his humanity.
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