Wild Animals I Have Known
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Wild Animals I Have Known

  1. 300 pages
  2. English
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Wild Animals I Have Known

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About This Book

'The most precious book of my childhood' – Sir David Attenborough
Meet Old Lobo, a gigantic grey wolf whose death-defying predations on sheep and cattle herds are the scourge of farmers and ranchers in the Currumpaw region of northern New Mexico. This great wolf is just one of the animals whose true stories come to life in this engrossing collection of tales by the celebrated naturalist Ernest Thompson Seton (1860-1946). Combining scientific observations of animals in their natural habitats with a romantic vision of nature and the narrative skills of a born storyteller, Seton created an extraordinary collection of tales that gave the animal story new force and believability as a literary genre. Critically and popularly acclaimed upon its initial appearance in 1898, Wild Animals I Have Known remains, more than a century later, the best-known and best-loved of his works.
Each tale focuses on an individual creature: the clever crow, Silverspot; Raggylug, a young cottontail rabbit; the author's errant hound, Bingo; Redruff, a Don Valley partridge; a wild horse known as The Mustang; Vixen, The Springfield Fox; and Wully, faithful sheep dog by day and treacherous killer by night. Seton offers affectionate but realistic portraits of each animal, stressing the commonality between his subjects and their human neighbours.
In addition to his popular wildlife stories, the author is well known for his work as an illustrator and painter. This edition faithfully reproduces the layout of the original volume, as well as all 200 of the author's distinctive illustrations. Animal lovers, environmentalists, naturalists, and any reader who appreciates a lively yarn will cherish this memorable wildlife classic.

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Publisher
Metro Publishing
Year
2017
ISBN
9781786068453
Topic
History
Subtopic
Historical Biographies
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Contents
  5. Note to the Reader
  6. LOBO, the King of Currumpaw
  7. SILVERSPOT, the Story of a Crow
  8. RAGGYLUG, the Story of a Cottontail Rabbit
  9. BINGO, the Story of My Dog
  10. THE SPRINGFIELD FOX
  11. THE PACING MUSTANG
  12. WULLY, the Story of a Yaller Dog
  13. REDRUFF, the Story of the Don Valley Partridge
  14. Tailpiece: The Thought
  15. Plates
  16. Copyright