{"product_id":"lone-wolf-walking-the-line-between-civilization-and-wildness","title":"Lone Wolf: Walking the Line Between Civilization and Wildness by Adam Weymouth","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn illuminating account of a lone wolf journeying across the Alps into Italy, and what the resurgence of wolves says about our connection to nature, immigration, and one another--from an award-winning journalist.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eLone Wolf\u003c\/i\u003e is a deeply fascinating story, grippingly told.\"--Robert Macfarlane, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eUnderland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFINALIST FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2011, a lone wolf named Slavc set out from his home territory of Slovenia on an epic journey across the Alps. Tracked by a GPS collar, he walked over a thousand miles. In Italy he bumped into a female wolf on a walkabout of her own--the only two wolves for hundreds of square miles--and when they mated, they formed the first pack to call these mountains home in over a century. Today there are more than a hundred wolves in the area, the result of their remarkable meeting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eLone Wolf, \u003c\/i\u003e writer Adam Weymouth walks the same path through the mountains of Central Europe, interrogating the fears and realities of those living on land that is being repopulated by wolves and exploring the economic, political, and climate upheavals that are seeing a centuries-old way of life being upended.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWeymouth endeavors to understand how wolves--vilified throughout history and folklore--are recolonizing lands where they have been unknown for centuries and how, as the wolf has returned, the fear and hatred have come back, too. Slavc is one more outsider in a region now wrestling with an influx of immigration and a resurgence of the far right, alongside impacts of climate change that are already very real. It is here that questions of how we see the other and treat the Earth cannot be ignored. Examining the political dimensions brought to light by this individual animal's trek, \u003ci\u003eLone Wolf\u003c\/i\u003e tells a newly resonant story--one about the courage required to seek out a new life and the challenge of accepting the changing world around us.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSharply observed, searching, and written in precise, poetic prose, \u003ci\u003eLone Wolf\u003c\/i\u003e explores the thorny connection between humans and nature, and indeed between borders themselves, and presses us to consider this much-discussed creature anew.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Weymouth is an uncommon brand of travel writer, weaving natural history with culture and politics. . . . [\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLone Wolf\u003c\/i\u003e] is a vehicle for Weymouth to trace the fault lines splintering Europe and to examine how people respond when confronted by unwelcome change. . . . To observe and absorb the natural-human interface, as Weymouth does, is an art.\"\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--The Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Thoughtful, empathetic . . . If he keeps going like this, the next book will be extraordinary.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--The Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Superb . . . Weymouth's prose is crisp and lyrical.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLone Wolf\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e explains deep time Old World prejudices that still hold an ocean away and across centuries. This book is a mirror that reflects wolf eyes in multiple directions.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Dan Flores,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebestselling author of\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eCoyote America\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWild New World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Adam Weymouth guides us alongside melting glaciers and into Austrian farm towns, writing with tremendous curiosity and compassion about the challenges of being an animal . . . in a rapidly changing environment.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Erica Berry, award-winning author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWolfish\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"The wolf's resurgence across Europe is a story that will be new to most American readers, and there is nobody better to tell it than Adam Weymouth. Highly recommended!\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Nate Blakeslee,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerican Wolf\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Adam Weymouth has made a formidable, thousand-mile foot-journey, both in the tracks of a wolf and into the heart of human-animal relations in contemporary Europe . . . His prose has a glinting precision of analysis and evocation to it.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Robert Macfarlane,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnderland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdam Weymouth\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis an author and journalist who has written for a wide range of publications, including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic, The Guardian,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe BBC \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGranta.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Weymouth won \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\/PFD\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 2018 Young Writer of the Year Award for his first book, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eKings of the Yukon,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewhich was published to great acclaim, shortlisted for the Ondaatje Prize, named the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLonely Planet Adventure\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Travel Book of the Year, and chosen as a notable title for the 2018 Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award. He was named one of ten writers shaping the UK's future by the National Centre for Writing, and lives on the southeast coast of England.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCrown Publishing Group (NY)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePub Date: \u003cspan\u003eJune 03, 2025\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9798217085941\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e288 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ehardcover\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45549871726778,"sku":"9798217085941","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0444\/2213\/5968\/files\/imageloader_6c38d5a9-47fa-4e12-9648-f7f9a7bb5b4e.jpg?v=1769771508","url":"https:\/\/naturenurture.shop\/products\/lone-wolf-walking-the-line-between-civilization-and-wildness","provider":"nature+nurture","version":"1.0","type":"link"}