Hunters, trappers, ranchers, and even misguided park rangers decimated the U.S. wolf population for decades, eliminating them from the Lower 48 by 1926. This wreaked havoc on the ecosystem in and around Yellowstone Park, and in 1995 the controversial decision was finally made to reintroduce wolves to the area. A natural-history narrative infused with the drama of an epic novel, American Wolf chronicles the lives of these spectacular predators and the people who obsessively track them. It's an enchanting, poignant, and intensely charged tale of the American West.