Elkheart: A Personal Tribute to Wapiti and Their World

by David Petersen

In Elkheart, critically acclaimed essayist and naturalist David Petersen presents a deeply personal, intimately informed, and (by his own admission) "somewhat eccentric" portrait of the North american elk, or wapiti, and its wild and wooly world.

Genres: Nature

234 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1998

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Reviews

[Mauro Colabianchi · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book has some mildly interesting observations about elk behavior, biology, and natural history. However, Petersen permeates his chapters with a bitterness and hatred for other hunters, non-hunters, and, well, himself. I could very much do without his ignorant sermonizing on religion (he considers himself a "born again animist"), history, and bear hunting. Look elsewhere, really, if you want to read a book about elk.