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Wild Ones: A Sometimes Dismaying, Weirdly Reassuring Story About Looking At People Looking At Animals In America (2013)

by Jon Mooallem(Favorite Author)

4.04 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

159420442X (ISBN13: 9781594204425)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

The Penguin Press

review 1: Meh. This book was alright, and had some interesting examples of conservation, but it didn't bring any new ideas to the table. It's a good introduction to mass extinction and endangered species conservation if one isn't familiar with them, and I appreciated the historical references to early conservation efforts and lack thereof in the US. The author finds himself at a loss with how to deal with the emotions associated with mass extinction caused by humanity, and I would point him towards Joanna Macy and Derrick Jensen to be able to sit with and process these emotions and move forward in a constructive way.
review 2: I'm an ecologist and do some peripheral work with an endangered species, so I'm likely not the target audience of this book. I enjoyed the storie... mores about the different conservationists and their projects, and I thought Mooallem's analysis was often quite good. The explanations of ecological concepts were well done. The language was both fluid and sharp-- easy to read, but precise. On the other hand, I thought the book could have been structured more solidly, both as a whole and within sections and chapters. Some chapters felt incomplete, and I found the book to feel almost like three separate long reports rather than one complete work. In the end, I'm glad I read the book despite its unedited quality, and I feel it brings positive attention to a complex and under-discussed topic. less

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