List of illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Wolves and whiskey -- 2. Beasts of bounty -- 3. Making meat -- 4. The place that feeds you -- 5. Unnatural hunger -- Conclusion
Summary
Wise argues that contestations between Native and non-Native people over hunting, labor, and the livestock industry drove the development of predator eradication programs in Montana and Alberta from the 1880s onward. The history of these anti-predator programs was significant not only for their ecological effects, but also for their enduring cultural legacies of colonialism in the Northern Rockies
