Windsongs

About this book

I reluctantly purchased a baby wolf from a zoo in Oklahoma in 2000. It made my wife (at the time) happy until he began repeatedly walking to my lap during the drive home to Texas. He was determined to proclaim me the "Alpha" and he would happily take the role of the beta wolf. By the end of the three-hour drive I was in love, but I had concerns. I named him Hunter. Within twelve months, I suffered a heart attack, moved to the country and the wife was gone. Wolves are the most misunderstood species in the world and I was determined to change that. I invited everyone to come and meet the wolf named Hunter. I wrote monthly articles about our life together for an Alabama newspaper. All those stories were compiled and published as my first book: The Hunter Chronicles. I rented a booth at all the shows and festivals in northeast Texas and sold well over ten thousand copies. But that wasn't enough. I decided to teach children the truth about wolves in a series of books that was illustrated with photos, not cartoons. No fairy tales here, it really happened! This is Book Three: My Training Day. Windy learns, with help from Hunter, about love, trust, overcoming fear and accessing the backya…