The authors, Jim and Jamie Dutcher, are wildlife photographers in Idaho at the edge of the Sawtooth Wilderness, where they have lived closely enough to a pack of wolves for long enough to be able to photograph their natural behavior in the wild. They are passible writers and great photographers, and touch in text on topics from the domestication of dogs to wolf reintroductions to the history of game management in the US. They spare no sympathy for conspiracy theories, strong feelings about state's rights, New Age beliefs, or political independence; they are interested in wolves, rather than wolves as a symbol for anything else. Since their primary role is as photographers, most of the book is wisely given over to the photographs, with short quotes about wolves by observers from Lewis and Clark to Barry Lopez. While the book's small size does not present the pictures at their most spectacular, the long format helps considerably, and the pictures themselves make a better case for wolves than any text can; the animals are often captured mid-behavior or in extreme close-up, neither threatening nor deferential to anyone but each other, spectacular and uninterested in humans. Royalties from the sale of the book will go to Living with Wolves, the Dutchers' nonprofit foundation for education about wolves and their role in the environment. Robert Redford contributes the introduction. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Read Less