Lobo, the King of Currumpaw

Ernest Thompson Seton was a British-born hunter, and this is the true story of his duel with the mighty wolf of New Mexico. Old Lobo was the gigantic leader of a pack of grey wolves that ruled the plains of Currumpaw in New Mexico, and was renowned for killing cattle. Despite numerous attempts to kill him, the King of wolves was too clever. Then a new hunter came along with new ideas as to how to get the beast - capture the girl and get the boy. But in so doing the hunter realised the wolf should be respected not feared, and thereafter worked to preserve the species not destroy it. This was the start of the conservation movement in America. The original unabridged text of this story can be read here.