Humans may not be the only animals who crave freedom. In these stories, one enters the minds of thirteen wild creatures and the people interacting with them. No anthropomorphizing here--these beasts may be sentient, but they do not think like us. Whether encountering an Alaskan eagle nervous about a photographer stalking its nest or a captive tiger aching to kill a deer, one steps through these pages into an alien world. "Vanstrum's collection of animal stories is par excellence--certainly in the league with such notables as Roger Caras and Ernest Thompson Seton." --John A. Murray, senior editor, Bloomsbury Review, author of forty-two books