| Book Review | The Western Historical Quarterly, 38.2

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Book Review

Predatory Bureaucracy: The Extermination of Wolves and the Transformation of the West. By Michael J. Robinson. (Boulder: University Press of Colorado, 2005. xviii + 473 pp. Illustrations, appendices, notes, bibliography, index. $65.00, cloth; $24.95, paper.)

This book chronicles how the federal government exterminated western wolf populations and how wolves have recently been reintroduced under the Endangered Species Act. The author states that his work is "effective advocacy" and acknowledges his close association with pro-predator organizations. One of the book's main premises is that the West teemed with wildlife and wolves before being despoiled by Europeans. To support this assertion, the author uses selective quotes from early narrative accounts and other sources, including the journals of Lewis and Clark. In this he made two critical mistakes.

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