The Big Island - 9781517910693

The Big IslandA Story of Isle Royale\nAuthor(s): Julian May, John Schoenherr\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Minnesota Press, United States\nImprint: University of Minnesota Press\nISBN-13: 9781517910693, 978-1517910693\nSynopsis\nFirst published in 1968, this engrossing and beautiful picture book about wildlife on Isle Royale is available again\n\n Isle Royale, the big island of this book, is a wilderness national park in Lake Superior and home to a unique and fascinating ecosystem of animals, most notably the iconic wolf and majestic moose. Here is author Julian Mays story about the islands beginning, the kinds of animals that came to populate it, and their effects on the pristine landscape. Among them were the moose, who swam to the island from the distant shore to fend off starvation. The moose found conditions on Isle Royale so favorable that they reproduced quickly-but then faced another food shortage. The wolves arrived by floating to the island on an ice floe in w.