Tamed and Untamed, Sy Montgomery
Tamed and Untamed, Sy Montgomery
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Tamed and Untamed
Close Encounters of the Animal Kind

Author: Sy Montgomery, Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, Vicki Constantine Croke

Narrator: Sy Montgomery, Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

Unabridged: 6 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/03/2017

Categories: Nonfiction, Nature, Animals, Pets


Synopsis

Extraordinary new insights into the minds and lives of our fellow creatures from two of the world’s top animal authors, Elizabeth Marshall Thomas and Sy Montgomery.

A Mail on Sunday “Critic's Pick” Best Read of the Year

"In their writing and in their lives and in their remarkable friendship, Liz and Sy break down false barriers and carry us closer to our fellow creatures.”—from the foreword by Vicki Constantine Croke, author of Elephant Company

Tamed and Untamed―a collection of essays penned by two of the world's most celebrated animal writers, Sy Montgomery and Elizabeth Marshall Thomas―explores the minds, lives, and mysteries of animals as diverse as snails, house cats, hawks, sharks, dogs, lions, and even octopuses.

Drawing on stories of animals both wild and domestic, the two authors, also best friends, created this book to put humans back into the animal world. The more we learn about what other animals think and do, they explain, the more we understand ourselves as animals, too. Writes Montgomery, “The list of attributes once thought to be unique to our species―from using tools to waging war―is not only rapidly shrinking, but starting to sound less and less impressive when we compare them with other animals’ powers.”

With humor, empathy, and introspection, Montgomery and Thomas look into the lives of all kinds of creatures―from man’s best friend to the great white shark―and examine the ways we connect with our fellow species. Both authors have devoted their lives to sharing the animal kingdom’s magic with others, and their combined wisdom is an indispensable contribution to the field of animal literature.

The book contains a foreword by Vicki Constantine Croke, author of the bestseller Elephant Company.

About Sy Montgomery

Sy Montgomery has been chased by an angry silverback gorilla in Zaire and swum with piranhas and pink dolphins in the Amazon. To research her books, films, and articles, she has worked in a pit swarming with 18,000 snakes in Canada and been hunted by a tiger in India. She has hiked the Altai Mountains of Mongolia's Gobi desert in search of snow leopards and penetrated the cloud forests of Papua New Guinea to radio collar tree kangaroos. No place is too far to go to bring animals' true stories to adults and children around the world.
Sy is the author is the nationally bestselling author of over fifteen nonfiction books, including Temple Grandin, Birdology, and Spell of the Tiger. She writes for print as well as broadcast in an effort to reach as wide an audience as possible at what she considers a critical turning point in human history.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Brittany on December 09, 2019

You know that friend of yours who is just ineffably cool and gets you on so many levels? And then she has a friend that she ADORES that, while you respect, admire, and even like, you just DO NOT GET? That’s Montgomery and Marshall Thomas to me. I love Sy. Mostly I love Liz; but not always, and somet......more

Goodreads review by Jessica on August 09, 2018

I've read two of Sy Montgomery's books (The Good Good Pig and The Soul of an Octopus), so I couldn't wait to read this one. While this one is different in that it's a collection of essays by Montgomery and Elizabeth Marshall Thomas it does not disappoint. The book is divided into six categories: ani......more

Goodreads review by Karen on December 04, 2018

Did you know rats laugh when they are tickled? That chickens recognize and call people by name? That dogs learn best from older dogs the same way children learn from their parents? When will humans get over our arrogance and realize we are not that different from the rest of the animals on this plan......more

Goodreads review by Hilary "Fox" on September 19, 2018

This book is utterly delightful. It consists of a series of essays, short 4 page tops ones, written by Sy Montgomery or Liz Thomas. The essays run the gamut from topics such as pet abandonment to how to properly react to a black bear on your property. There are amusing ones, like Liz's fascination......more

Goodreads review by Lynn Porter on June 15, 2019

This series of books has changed me. It has. Knocked me sideways into a more complete , and complex way of thinking, Always a lover of animals but never understanding WHY I loved them, I am sure they would have simply forgiven me my ignorance and DID 💘 do so. Thank you for all that you have accomplis......more