Foreword / David L. Mech -- 1. The Wolf: A Biological Review -- 2. From Wilderness to Civilization -- 3. Wolves and Humans -- 4. Tales from the Trapline -- 5. The Bounty in Wisconsin and Michigan -- 6. Deer, Wolves, and Politics: Wolf Management in Wisconsin -- 7. Wisconsin's Secret Wolf Study -- 8. The Annihilation of the Wolf South of Lake Superior -- 9. Epilogue: A Future for the Wolf? -- Appendix A. Specimens of Wisconsin Timber Wolves -- Appendix B. The Wolf and Its Relatives -- Appendix C. Biographies of Wisconsin Biologists Influential in Wolf Conservation -- Appendix D. Details of Wisconsin and Upper Michigan Timber Wolf Ranges, 1920-60 -- Appendix E. Calculating the Wisconsin Timber Wolf Population Decline