The Man Who Lived with Wolves

The incredible story of a man who gave up everything to become a member of a wolf pack. In this extraordinary autobiography, Shaun Ellis reveals how his life changed forever the first time he saw a wolf. His moving account spans his childhood in the forests of Norfolk, England, through survival training with the British Armed Forces, and into the land of the Nez Percé Indians in Idaho, where he lived with a wolf pack for nearly two years. With extraordinary insight into the lives of endangered and misunderstood creatures, Ellis recounts how he ate almost exclusively raw meat from his hunts and rarely bathed. From his privileged position, he had exclusive access to wildlife, such as the preparation of female wolves for birth and the means they use to maintain order within the pack. He learned to bury his face in carcasses—and, when necessary, to defend his meal, communicating with the pack through howls and body language, which over time increasingly resembled that of wolves.