An amazing experience! In more recent years I’ve also visited the wolf reserve in northern Westchester County. Often we got to see the alpha male lead the other hunters back from their night hunt on the other side ofthe creek and distribute food among the pack’s six new pups. We would arrive before sunrise and set up our viewing scopes on a hillside above a creek. The pack we observed in the northeast corner of the park had twenty-six members. The wolves had been reintroduced into the park in the mid 1990’s, and by the time of our visit they were pretty well established. Best of all,I went wolf watching with Jean in and around Yellowstone Park in late May and early June, 2005. I read fictional and nonfiction accounts of wolves, but more importantly I had a friend who was a great source of information: Jean Craighead George, author of Julie of the Wolves, among many other books. Beyond the whimsical premise of the animals speaking in complete sentences, I wanted the story to be as close to nature as possible. Seidler: By my standards, I did a lot of research for Firstborn. How long did you spend observing wolves? Where? Tell us about your experience doing research for Firstborn. Some of my favorite email exchanges are with the authors of the books I read and review on my blog.Īuthor of: Firstborn, Toes, Brothers Below Zero,
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