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The Big Island: A Story of Isle Royale

The Big Island: A Story of Isle Royale

May, Julian
Schoenherr, John

Hardcover

AnimalsHistoryScience & Nature

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ISBN10: 1517910692
ISBN13: 9781517910693
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Published: Jan 4 2022
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.47 Width: 7.87 Depth: 10.08
Language: English

First published in 1968, this engrossing and beautiful picture book about wildlife on Isle Royale is available again

Isle Royale, the big island of this book, is a wilderness national park in Lake Superior and home to a unique and fascinating ecosystem of animals, most notably the iconic wolf and majestic moose. Here is author Julian May's story about the island's beginning, the kinds of animals that came to populate it, and their effects on the pristine landscape. Among them were the moose, who swam to the island from the distant shore to fend off starvation. The moose found conditions on Isle Royale so favorable that they reproduced quickly--but then faced another food shortage. The wolves arrived by floating to the island on an ice floe in winter and soon became important to the island's ecology as successful predators of the moose.

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