Algonquin Wildlife: Lessons in Survival

Janet Arnett is the former campus manager of adult education at Ontario’s Georgian College. She is the author of Antiques and Collectibles: Starting Small, The Grange at Knock, and 673 Ways to Save Money.

The subject of this fascinating book is not for everyone. It takes a
strong stomach and/or a fanatical interest in the working of parasitic
worms in the brains of moose to make it through the first chapters. With
this most gruesome start, the author makes his point that wildlife
research can be disgusting or awesome, but always interesting and
valuable.

Although the work appears to amble aimlessly from example to example
within the odd and esoteric world of wildlife research, there is a
unifying core—the Wildlife Research Station in Algonquin Park (in
central Ontario), the assorted biologists who did research there over
the last 70 years, and the objectives and methodology of their projects.

Quinn has a gift for storytelling and a wonderfully individualized
style. Anyone who has spent time in Algonquin will want to skim a copy
of his book. Precocious young biologists-to-be will worship it.