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Book Reviews Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 6:303–304, 2001 Copyright © 2001 Taylor & Francis 1087-1209 /01 $12.00 + .00 Book Review David Petersen. Heartsblood: Hunting, Spirituality, and Wildness in America. 2000. Washington, DC: Island Press, xvii + 269 pp. ISBN: 1-55963-762-5 . Reviewed by Deborah Green Professor Emerita Department of Psychology College of William & Mary Williamsburg, Virginia, USA David Petersen set an ambitious goal for this book: to “Try to get it right” (p. xvi). What he tries “to get right” ranges from where we are now as a species to identi- fying what constitutes spirituality, with a focus on hunting. Human dimensions professionals involved in work on hunting, hunter behavior, and antihunting will be interested in his efforts, but, not surprisingly, he is only partly successful in accomplishing his purpose . He divides the book into three parts; in the first, he ostensibly documents “Hunting’s Heritage,” in the second, he explores the worldviews of hunters and antihunters, and in the third, he considers the future of hunting. These divisions seem rather arbitrary, as do his chapter titles, because he jumps from topic to topic, returning to the same theme unexpectedly when he has supposedly turned to something new. His http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Human Dimensions of Wildlife Taylor & Francis

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Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 6:303–304, 2001 Copyright © 2001 Taylor & Francis 1087-1209 /01 $12.00 + .00 Book Review David Petersen. Heartsblood: Hunting, Spirituality, and Wildness in America. 2000. Washington, DC: Island Press, xvii + 269 pp. ISBN: 1-55963-762-5 . Reviewed by Deborah Green Professor Emerita Department of Psychology College of William & Mary Williamsburg, Virginia, USA David Petersen set an ambitious goal for this book: to “Try to get it right” (p. xvi). What he tries “to get right” ranges from where we are now as a species to identi- fying what constitutes spirituality, with a focus on hunting. Human dimensions professionals involved in work on hunting, hunter behavior, and antihunting will be interested in his efforts, but, not surprisingly, he is only partly successful in accomplishing his purpose . He divides the book into three parts; in the first, he ostensibly documents “Hunting’s Heritage,” in the second, he explores the worldviews of hunters and antihunters, and in the third, he considers the future of hunting. These divisions seem rather arbitrary, as do his chapter titles, because he jumps from topic to topic, returning to the same theme unexpectedly when he has supposedly turned to something new. His

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