Wild Ones

by Jon Mooallem

Wild Ones: A Sometimes Dismaying, Weirdly Reassuring Story About Looking at People Looking at Animals in America.

Paperback

Published May 1, 2014

About the author

Jon Mooallem is a longtime writer at large for The New York Times Magazine and a contributor to numerous radio shows and other magazines, including This American Life and Wired. He has spoken at TED and collaborated with members of the Decemberists on musical storytelling projects.

His latest book, THIS IS CHANCE!, about the Great Alaska Earthquake of 1964 and radio reporter Genie Chance, will be published in March, 2020. His first book, Wild Ones, was chosen as a notable book of the year by The New York Times Book Review, The New Yorker, NPR’s Science Friday, and Canada’s National Post, among others.

He lives on Bainbridge Island, outside Seattle, with his family.

Reviews

[Carolyn]

DNF
Book is fine, just didn’t hold my attention, plus 3 library books all came at the same time that intrigued me more 🤷‍♀️

[Angiebookworm · Rating 3 out of 5]

An interesting look at what goes on behind the scenes of many of the conservation headlines we see and the actual people who make them happen. While a little dated at this point, all the data is accurate for the time it was published and it's interesting to look things up after reading the book to see where we've gone from there. The book reveals how nothing is set in stone and illustrates the changes throughout our history in attitudes of the general public towards conservation in general, particular charismatic and unassuming animal species, and the overall concept of "nature". It also reveals the hidden struggles of many of the people who dedicate their lives to conservation and seemingly have nothing to show for it or get publicly mocked and misunderstood. A good read for anyone who cares about animals or the environment.