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B O O K R E V IE W S 5 0 9 fa lls b e h in d t h e se a r c h p ar ty , slo w ly w e a k e n in g u n t il sh e m e e t s a gr o u p o f c r e a ­ tu r e s w h o , it se e m s, “h a d o n c e b e e n h u m a n , o r h a d o n c e b e e n a n im a ls” (1 9 7 ). T h e se h u ge , Sa sq u a t c h - lik e b e in g s— r e se m b lin g t h e “w ild w o o d s- b e a st s” o f o n e o f C h a r lo t t e ’s o w n fic t io n s— a c c e p t C h a r lo t t e in t o t h e ir w o r ld (1 3 4 ). Sh e le a r n s t h e ir m e a n s o f c o m m u n ic a t io n , m e t h o d s o f fo r a gin g fo r fo o d , a n d a b ilit y t o sp r in t fr o m d a n ge r : t h e c o n st a n t t h r e a t o f h u m a n s n earb y . C e n t e r in g o n C h a r lo t t e ’s a v id in n e r life, W ild L if e is a m b it io u s in sc o p e a n d fin e ly d e t a ile d , in t e r w o v e n w it h o m n isc ie n t c h a r a c t e r st u d ie s, fr a gm e n t s o f C h a r lo t t e ’s u n p u b lish e d w r it in g, a n d b r ie f, a c t u a l h ist o r ic a l d o c u m e n t s fr o m a r o u n d t h e b e g in n in g o f t h e t w e n t ie t h ce n t u r y . P la c e n a m e s a r e g e o gr a p h ic a lly a c c u r a t e , a n d v isu a l r e p r e se n t a t io n s o f t h e t o p o gr a p h y fr o m t h e m o u t h o f t h e C o lu m b ia R iv e r t o t h e D o u g la s fir fo r e st s, gr a v e lly c a n y o n s, a n d v o lc a n ic m o u n ­ t a in s o f so u t h e r n W a sh in g t o n ar e fa m ilia r t o r e ad e r s w h o h a v e sp e n t t im e in t h e U .S . N o r t h w e st . L ik e G lo ss’s a c c la im e...

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