▁also ▁a ▁chron icle ▁of ▁environmental ▁success . ▁Without ▁a ▁doubt , ▁per egr ines ▁saved ▁Ch im ney ▁Rock ▁for ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁us ." ▁ ▁Free h ance ▁writer ▁Paul ▁De ▁W itte ▁wrote ▁a ▁mixed ▁review ▁in ▁The ▁Record ▁( now ▁the ▁Water lo o ▁Region ▁Record ), ▁writing ▁that ▁although ▁the ▁book ▁" will ▁certainly ▁find ▁its ▁audience , ▁its ▁Dis ne yes que ▁sens ib ilities ▁will ▁kill ▁its ▁bro ader ▁appeal . ▁The ▁topics ▁of ▁wild life ▁conservation ▁and ▁global ▁e colog ical ▁account ability ▁war rant ▁a ▁depth ▁that ▁the ▁author ▁seems ▁unw illing ▁to ▁give ▁her ▁book ." ▁Kirk us ▁Re views ▁referred ▁to ▁the ▁book ▁as ▁" an ▁en light ening ▁ca ution ary ▁take " ▁and ▁" a ▁char ming ly ▁personal ▁account ", ▁but ▁also ▁as ▁" lo os ely ▁organized ▁and ▁occasionally ▁sparse ▁on ▁detail ". ▁John ▁Wil kes , ▁in ▁the ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁Times , ▁wrote , ▁" Al though ▁na ive ▁and ▁over dra wn ▁at ▁times , ▁this ▁heart f elt ▁tale ▁will ▁bring ▁tears ▁and ▁sm iles ▁to ▁even ▁the ▁most ▁stub born ly ▁objective ▁reader ." ▁Don na ▁Mitchell , ▁writing ▁in ▁The ▁Wilson ▁Bul letin ▁( now ▁The ▁Wilson ▁Journal ▁of ▁Or n ith ology ), ▁wrote ▁that ▁Hou le ' s ▁interpretation ▁of ▁the ▁fal cons ' ▁behavior ▁is ▁excess ively ▁" anth rop omorphic ", ▁but ▁also ▁that ▁" M s . ▁Hou le ' s ▁per se ver ance ▁and ▁dedic ation