America’s beloved wolf historian and longtime Yellowstone park ranger shares his long-awaited biography—a story filled with true grit, laughter, and love for America’s National Parks. “There is literally no one else who could tell these stories.” NBC “The chief historian of the most famous wolf population in the world.” Washington Post “Like Darwin, McIntyre is an inclusionist and is thus able to enter the hearts and minds of wolves.” Mountain Journal “Rick McIntyre is the ultimate guru of wolf behavior.” Jane Goodall In this entertaining memoir, Rick McIntyre recounts his life spent amongst wild nature while working in the National Parks Service as a park ranger and shares the wisdom he has gained from spending nearly every day of his adult life in the presence of wolves. McIntyre has calculated whether to outpace a grizzly or stand and face it. He has narrowly missed a charge by a moose. He has watched alpha wolves come up against each other in battles for territory—only to be