Brother Wolf: A Forgotten Promise

by Jim Brandenburg

Hardcover, 1993

Call number

599 BRA

Collection

Nonfiction

Genres

Science & Nature

General Nonfiction

Art & Design

Publication

Stoddart Publishing (1993), Edition: New edition, 160 pages

Description

Pre-eminent wolf photographer, Jim Brandenberg, immersed himself deep in the American woods to live close to and document wild timber wolves. This book of narrative and photographs portrays the wolf's story, exploring the history and future of wolves, as well as their link with humans.

Subjects

Photography of wolves

Wolves Minnesota

User reviews

LibraryThing member Saltvand

"Brother wolf" offers a breath taking visual journey through the world of wild wolves; invites the reader to explore their magic and elegance and their relations with other wildlife (prey, partners and competitors).

The book is visually amazing - photographically brilliant!

Its weak side is the text.

While it is at times interesting and beautifully written, it is largely driven by projections of the author's "gut feeling" biases and romantic stereotypes onto his subjects, especially the wolves. It is at times directly misinforming and definely not rigourous. Having experienced this problem with all 3 books by Brandenburg I've read, I no longer really trust his words; I never know when statements are the author' guesses, projections and myths, and when they are actual facts, so I don't trust any of them. The writing is also very repetitive and romanticising. So - if only rating the book's text content, then I would give it 1 out of 5 stars. If only rating its visual quality, 5 out of 5 stars.

That shouldn't prevent anyone from buying or reading book, because it really is a visual masterpiece. Visually, it gives great and invaluable insights. Just take the text with a grain of salt.

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