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Lives of the Hunted
Tells the live of a bear, a cock sparrow, Krag the Kootenay Ram, Coyote etc., all based on true stories.
Beautifully illustrated by the author.
Good for children and adults. It can touch all. A little mature themed for small children. I first read it when I was 8 to 10 and many, many times after that.
Beautifully illustrated by the author.
Good for children and adults. It can touch all. A little mature themed for small children. I first read it when I was 8 to 10 and many, many times after that.
360 pages, HC
First published January 1, 1901
About the author
Ernest Thompson Seton
679 books116 followersErnest Thompson Seton (14 August 1860 - 23 October 1946) was a Scots-Canadian (later naturalized U.S. citizen) who became a noted author, wildlife artist, founder of the Woodcraft Indians, and one of the founding pioneers of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA).
He was born Ernest Evan Thompson in South Shields, County Durham England of Scottish parents and his family emigrated to Canada in 1866. As a youth, he retreated to the woods to draw and study animals as a way of avoiding his abusive father. He won a scholarship in art to the Royal Academy in London, England. He later rejected his father and changed his name to Ernest Thompson Seton.
Seton developed a fascination with wolves while working as a naturalist in Manitoba, Canada. He became successful as a writer, artist and naturalist, and moved to New York City to further his career. Seton later lived at Wyndygoul, an estate that he built in Cos Cob, a section of Greenwich, Connecticut. After experiencing vandalism by the local youth, Seton invited them to his estate for a weekend where he told stories of the American Indians and of nature.
Seton also heavily influenced Lord Baden-Powell, the founder of Scouting. His notable books related to Scouting include The Birch Bark Roll and The Boy Scout Handbook. He is responsible for the strong influence of American Indian culture in the BSA.
He formed the Woodcraft Indians in 1902 and invited the local youth to join. The stories became a series of articles written for the Ladies Home Journal and were eventually collected in the The Birch Bark Roll of the Woodcraft Indians in 1906.
He was married twice. The first marriage was to Grace Gallatin in 1896. Their only daughter, Ann, was born in 1904 and died in 1990.
Ann, who later changed her first name, became a best-selling author of historical and biographical novels as Anya Seton. According to her introduction to the novel Green Darkness, both of her parents were practicing Theosophists.
Ernest and Grace divorced in 1935, and Ernest soon married Julia M. Buttree. Julia would write works by herself and with Ernest. They did not have any children, but did adopt an infant daughter, Beulah (Dee) Seton (later Dee Seton Barber), in 1938. Dee Seton Barber died in 2006.
He was born Ernest Evan Thompson in South Shields, County Durham England of Scottish parents and his family emigrated to Canada in 1866. As a youth, he retreated to the woods to draw and study animals as a way of avoiding his abusive father. He won a scholarship in art to the Royal Academy in London, England. He later rejected his father and changed his name to Ernest Thompson Seton.
Seton developed a fascination with wolves while working as a naturalist in Manitoba, Canada. He became successful as a writer, artist and naturalist, and moved to New York City to further his career. Seton later lived at Wyndygoul, an estate that he built in Cos Cob, a section of Greenwich, Connecticut. After experiencing vandalism by the local youth, Seton invited them to his estate for a weekend where he told stories of the American Indians and of nature.
Seton also heavily influenced Lord Baden-Powell, the founder of Scouting. His notable books related to Scouting include The Birch Bark Roll and The Boy Scout Handbook. He is responsible for the strong influence of American Indian culture in the BSA.
He formed the Woodcraft Indians in 1902 and invited the local youth to join. The stories became a series of articles written for the Ladies Home Journal and were eventually collected in the The Birch Bark Roll of the Woodcraft Indians in 1906.
He was married twice. The first marriage was to Grace Gallatin in 1896. Their only daughter, Ann, was born in 1904 and died in 1990.
Ann, who later changed her first name, became a best-selling author of historical and biographical novels as Anya Seton. According to her introduction to the novel Green Darkness, both of her parents were practicing Theosophists.
Ernest and Grace divorced in 1935, and Ernest soon married Julia M. Buttree. Julia would write works by herself and with Ernest. They did not have any children, but did adopt an infant daughter, Beulah (Dee) Seton (later Dee Seton Barber), in 1938. Dee Seton Barber died in 2006.
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April 14, 2023
Chink A Wooly Coated Little Dog, as it says on the cover, or ‘CHINK A WOOLLY COATED LITTLE DOG and other stories from LIVES OF THE HUNTED and WILD ANIMALS AT HOME’ as it says in the title page, is a wonderfully sweet book. It was published in the UK and doesn’t have a publishing date but is circa 1930. My copy even has an inscription, “George M Montgomery, with much love from his grandmother. Christmas ’32.”
I recommend you take the time to read the blurb on the author in Goodreads that starts with:
Ernest Thompson Seton was a Scots-Canadian (and naturalized U.S. citizen) who became a noted author, wildlife artist, founder of the Woodcraft Indians, and one of the founding pioneers of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA).
From what you read there and strongly from what you will see in this writing, this is a man who studies wildlife in detail. He lived from 1860 to 1946 when I am sure there was more wild.
The book is comprised of five stories. I will discuss each story. It has photos that are monochrome plates on coated paper and also has illustrations
Being the Personal Histories of Chink the Development of a Pup. – I got the book because I love reading dog stories. This story was good, but I loved the other stories in the book more, and they didn’t even have dogs in them. In this title story, the dog is not treated well but nevertheless shows himself to be loyal and steadfast. The story opens with:
‘Chink was just old enough to think himself very remarkable little dog; and so he was, but not in the way he fondly imagined. He was neither fierce nor dreadful, strong nor swift, but he was one of the noisiest, best-natured, silliest Pups that ever chewed his master’s boots to bits.’
His master lives in a camp in Yellowstone and has a drinking problem. He leaves the dog at camp where Chink is harried by a coyote. Here is a bit from that part:
‘The beasts feel the force of right and wrong. They know moral courage and cowardice. The moral force was all with the little scared Dog, and both animals seemed to know it. The Coyote backed off, growling savagely, and vowing in Coyote fashion, to tear that Dog to ribbons very soon. All the same, he did not venture to enter the tent, as he clearly had intended to do.’
Those of us who have lived where coyotes are common and often hunt small dogs and cats, know of the real danger. We also know that dogs are loyal, even when their masters don’t deserve it.
The Mother Teal and the Overland Route – this was such a sweet story and my favorite in the book! The mother Teal must travel from one pond that is drying up to another with her babies facing several dangers along the way. It is so sweetly written; it makes me wish all the more I had a grandchild to read it to. I liked the imagery in the writing like from this one when the baby Teals finally hatch:
‘They all came out at last. The little china tombs were broken one by one, disclosing each a little Teal: ten little balls of mottled down, ten little cushions of yellow plush, ten little golden caskets with jewel eyes, enshrining each a priceless spark of life.’
I was really afraid for the sweet little things. You will have to read the story to see how many make it through.
The Kangaroo Rat – this story was delightful. The author takes the normal behavior of Kangaroo rats and their abode and with words elevates them to magical heights. He likens them to fairies and their home to a fortress. He provides us with a map of the underground realm. He also finds a ‘dragon’ there.
One thing he does to learn about wildlife is sweep the patch in the dust before nightfall and then investigate the footprints left behind in the morning. Of one type of tiny tracks, he says:
‘If only this had been in England or Ireland, any peasant could have explained it offhand – invisible pairs of tiny, furry boots, dancing in the moonlight – why, the veriest idiot knows that – fairies, of course.’
He goes to investigate the kangaroo rats home and describes the spear plants that guard the entryways here:
‘Over each of the nine holes was a strong, spine-armed sentinel for ever on guard and absolutely unbuyable, so that if at any time the Coyote – the Satan of the little prairie-folk – should appear among the moonlight dancers, each could dash homeward and enter by a handy door, sure that there would be standing by that door a fearless, well-armed warden, who would say to the Coyote, in a language he would well understand, “Stop! Keep off, or I’ll spear you!”’
The careful details of the burrow that is the rats home and the whole story are written with such wonderous terms that it is a joy to read this story. Makes you want to go out and observe nature instead of just read about them. Here is another passage from this story:
‘You have been wasting your time reading books. You have never been on the shifting Currumpaw when the moon of the Mesas comes up to glint the river at its every bend, and bathe the hills in green and veil the shades in blue. You have not heard the moonlight music. You have not seen these moonbeams skip from the thistle-top and bayonet-spear to rest in peace at last, as by appointment, on the smooth-swept dancing floor of a tiny race that visits the earth each night, coming from nowhere, and disappearing without a sound of falling feet.’
The Well-Meaning Skunk – after live-trapping a skunk and spending some time with it to take it’s picture, he befriends the animal. Apparently if you talk nice to them and are non-threatening, they can be pretty friendly. The pictures, especially the one with his young daughter and the mama skunk and her babies is very cute.
A Street Troubadour: being the Adventures of a Cock Sparrow. – this is a sweet but somewhat tragic tale of a sparrow raised by canaries. Pretty amazing story. Told with this great level of detail from close observations. There is a sad part in this, but still a great story.
Overall, wonderful stories about animals in the book, just wish there were more on my favorite animal, the dog. Makes me want to read more of his animal books, and maybe I will someday, but for now I only ordered the book ‘Billy and Other Stories from Wild Animal Ways’ as I think ‘Billy’ is a dog. If all the books are as good as ‘Chink’ it would be nice to have the whole set.
One final note – when I add quotes, I try very hard not to introduce typos, but I do try to add them with the words and capitalization that are provided. I now have a new version of Word I use for my reviews and it try’s hard to be helpful to offer suggestions and corrections, but I present the quote as it is from the book.
I recommend you take the time to read the blurb on the author in Goodreads that starts with:
Ernest Thompson Seton was a Scots-Canadian (and naturalized U.S. citizen) who became a noted author, wildlife artist, founder of the Woodcraft Indians, and one of the founding pioneers of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA).
From what you read there and strongly from what you will see in this writing, this is a man who studies wildlife in detail. He lived from 1860 to 1946 when I am sure there was more wild.
The book is comprised of five stories. I will discuss each story. It has photos that are monochrome plates on coated paper and also has illustrations
Being the Personal Histories of Chink the Development of a Pup. – I got the book because I love reading dog stories. This story was good, but I loved the other stories in the book more, and they didn’t even have dogs in them. In this title story, the dog is not treated well but nevertheless shows himself to be loyal and steadfast. The story opens with:
‘Chink was just old enough to think himself very remarkable little dog; and so he was, but not in the way he fondly imagined. He was neither fierce nor dreadful, strong nor swift, but he was one of the noisiest, best-natured, silliest Pups that ever chewed his master’s boots to bits.’
His master lives in a camp in Yellowstone and has a drinking problem. He leaves the dog at camp where Chink is harried by a coyote. Here is a bit from that part:
‘The beasts feel the force of right and wrong. They know moral courage and cowardice. The moral force was all with the little scared Dog, and both animals seemed to know it. The Coyote backed off, growling savagely, and vowing in Coyote fashion, to tear that Dog to ribbons very soon. All the same, he did not venture to enter the tent, as he clearly had intended to do.’
Those of us who have lived where coyotes are common and often hunt small dogs and cats, know of the real danger. We also know that dogs are loyal, even when their masters don’t deserve it.
The Mother Teal and the Overland Route – this was such a sweet story and my favorite in the book! The mother Teal must travel from one pond that is drying up to another with her babies facing several dangers along the way. It is so sweetly written; it makes me wish all the more I had a grandchild to read it to. I liked the imagery in the writing like from this one when the baby Teals finally hatch:
‘They all came out at last. The little china tombs were broken one by one, disclosing each a little Teal: ten little balls of mottled down, ten little cushions of yellow plush, ten little golden caskets with jewel eyes, enshrining each a priceless spark of life.’
I was really afraid for the sweet little things. You will have to read the story to see how many make it through.
The Kangaroo Rat – this story was delightful. The author takes the normal behavior of Kangaroo rats and their abode and with words elevates them to magical heights. He likens them to fairies and their home to a fortress. He provides us with a map of the underground realm. He also finds a ‘dragon’ there.
One thing he does to learn about wildlife is sweep the patch in the dust before nightfall and then investigate the footprints left behind in the morning. Of one type of tiny tracks, he says:
‘If only this had been in England or Ireland, any peasant could have explained it offhand – invisible pairs of tiny, furry boots, dancing in the moonlight – why, the veriest idiot knows that – fairies, of course.’
He goes to investigate the kangaroo rats home and describes the spear plants that guard the entryways here:
‘Over each of the nine holes was a strong, spine-armed sentinel for ever on guard and absolutely unbuyable, so that if at any time the Coyote – the Satan of the little prairie-folk – should appear among the moonlight dancers, each could dash homeward and enter by a handy door, sure that there would be standing by that door a fearless, well-armed warden, who would say to the Coyote, in a language he would well understand, “Stop! Keep off, or I’ll spear you!”’
The careful details of the burrow that is the rats home and the whole story are written with such wonderous terms that it is a joy to read this story. Makes you want to go out and observe nature instead of just read about them. Here is another passage from this story:
‘You have been wasting your time reading books. You have never been on the shifting Currumpaw when the moon of the Mesas comes up to glint the river at its every bend, and bathe the hills in green and veil the shades in blue. You have not heard the moonlight music. You have not seen these moonbeams skip from the thistle-top and bayonet-spear to rest in peace at last, as by appointment, on the smooth-swept dancing floor of a tiny race that visits the earth each night, coming from nowhere, and disappearing without a sound of falling feet.’
The Well-Meaning Skunk – after live-trapping a skunk and spending some time with it to take it’s picture, he befriends the animal. Apparently if you talk nice to them and are non-threatening, they can be pretty friendly. The pictures, especially the one with his young daughter and the mama skunk and her babies is very cute.
A Street Troubadour: being the Adventures of a Cock Sparrow. – this is a sweet but somewhat tragic tale of a sparrow raised by canaries. Pretty amazing story. Told with this great level of detail from close observations. There is a sad part in this, but still a great story.
Overall, wonderful stories about animals in the book, just wish there were more on my favorite animal, the dog. Makes me want to read more of his animal books, and maybe I will someday, but for now I only ordered the book ‘Billy and Other Stories from Wild Animal Ways’ as I think ‘Billy’ is a dog. If all the books are as good as ‘Chink’ it would be nice to have the whole set.
One final note – when I add quotes, I try very hard not to introduce typos, but I do try to add them with the words and capitalization that are provided. I now have a new version of Word I use for my reviews and it try’s hard to be helpful to offer suggestions and corrections, but I present the quote as it is from the book.
September 7, 2008
I learned to feel compassion and love towards wild creatures, all creatures really. These are all based on true tales of observing wildlife and domestic pets among wild creatures. They are told with great sensitivity and with a sharp eye. This can be read to children of appropriate age. I would say for a child of 8 to 10 as I was. I read it myself, and many, many times again throughout adulthood.
January 22, 2023
15¢ = HRN 156 = 1st printing = July 1960
+Ernest Thompson Seton Biography
+Prose Page: "The Secret of the Cave"
+Prose Page: "Escape to Freedom"
Four Stories by length:
Krag (ram)
Johnny (black bear cub)
Tito (coyote)
"The green-winged teal"
+Ernest Thompson Seton Biography
+Prose Page: "The Secret of the Cave"
+Prose Page: "Escape to Freedom"
Four Stories by length:
Krag (ram)
Johnny (black bear cub)
Tito (coyote)
"The green-winged teal"
August 3, 2020
Ernest Seton-Thompson turned a truly wretched childhood into an influential life, as an author and artist of the wildlife that can be found throughout Canada and the United States. If his name sounds familiar, it may be because he was one of the founding pioneers of the Boy Scouts of America in 1910, was designated its first "Chief" scout, and also established the Woodcraft Indians (renamed Woodcraft League of America) in 1902.
I picked up this book, having already acquired several other Seton-Thompson books, and knowing that he had authored "King of the Grizzlies," which became a Buena-Vista/Disney Adventure movie.
The author filled the margins of the 360-page book with sketches related to the text. Some of them failed to reproduce well, but most are lovely, and complement the story with the author's rather whimsical sense of humor. There are also some 30 full-page gray-scale illustrations that are also quite nice.
The book shares the following stores, some of which have been published elsewhere:
.Krag, the Kootenay Ram [the maturing, and hunting, of a bighorn sheep]
.A Street Troubadour: Being the Adventures of a Cock Sparrow [a captive sparrow suddenly free in the city]
.Johnny Bear [the author's adventures watching bears in Yellowstone, particularly a cub]
.The Mother Teal and the Overland Route [a mother duck and her young]
.Chink: The development of A Pup [training of a dog]
.The Kangaroo Rat [the author's study of the tiny animal near his New Mexico home]
.Tito: The Story Of the Coyote That Learned How [the interaction of a specific coyote with ranchers]
.Why the Chickadee Goes Crazy Once a Year [about seasonal behavior]
It's a wonderful read for the nature lover, particularly those who appreciate the older vintage.
I picked up this book, having already acquired several other Seton-Thompson books, and knowing that he had authored "King of the Grizzlies," which became a Buena-Vista/Disney Adventure movie.
The author filled the margins of the 360-page book with sketches related to the text. Some of them failed to reproduce well, but most are lovely, and complement the story with the author's rather whimsical sense of humor. There are also some 30 full-page gray-scale illustrations that are also quite nice.
The book shares the following stores, some of which have been published elsewhere:
.Krag, the Kootenay Ram [the maturing, and hunting, of a bighorn sheep]
.A Street Troubadour: Being the Adventures of a Cock Sparrow [a captive sparrow suddenly free in the city]
.Johnny Bear [the author's adventures watching bears in Yellowstone, particularly a cub]
.The Mother Teal and the Overland Route [a mother duck and her young]
.Chink: The development of A Pup [training of a dog]
.The Kangaroo Rat [the author's study of the tiny animal near his New Mexico home]
.Tito: The Story Of the Coyote That Learned How [the interaction of a specific coyote with ranchers]
.Why the Chickadee Goes Crazy Once a Year [about seasonal behavior]
It's a wonderful read for the nature lover, particularly those who appreciate the older vintage.
December 9, 2021
A fascinating story of mountain rams and in particular a prized specimen Krog, pursued by a dogged hunter, attacked by dogs and timber wolves, and holding its own in the rugged and mountainous landscape of the American North-West. The nobility of the wild creature, its grace and grandeur, and a deep respect that the hunter develops for the hunted through the years of chasing it down are the primary themes. An amusing tale of black bears, in particular the young Johnny, a grizzly bear and an aggressive cat set in Yellowstone National Park. A green-winged teal and her valiant defiance while escorting her migrating ducklings from a drought ridden pond in encounters with the threats of a marsh hawk, a kingbird, a red fox, and man. A domesticated coyote, the cunning Tito, who undergoes the ordeal of being tamed and then escapes to lead a pack of coyotes and survive and preserve her cubs - most memorably and shrewdly throwing all the plans of a pursuing hunter in utter disarray.
Time and again the encounters with humans ends up in death, torment or subjugation for the animals. This is a book with a heart for not only does the author bring out the nobility, self-sacrifice and devotion of wild animals to their families and kin but also how their lives often end in tragedy. The author's is a conservationist's outlook and it is not the hunters, trackers and poachers but the animals in these ostensibly true stories who display character and courage. This is one of the most wonderfully illustrated books in the series that captures the mountains, canyons, valleys, meadows and other vast and grand landscape features of Canada and America with great skill. The animals are beautifully drawn and captured in their moments of flight, pursuit, anguish, desperate fight for survival as well as in much more sanguine phases of tenderness, peace and harmony.
Time and again the encounters with humans ends up in death, torment or subjugation for the animals. This is a book with a heart for not only does the author bring out the nobility, self-sacrifice and devotion of wild animals to their families and kin but also how their lives often end in tragedy. The author's is a conservationist's outlook and it is not the hunters, trackers and poachers but the animals in these ostensibly true stories who display character and courage. This is one of the most wonderfully illustrated books in the series that captures the mountains, canyons, valleys, meadows and other vast and grand landscape features of Canada and America with great skill. The animals are beautifully drawn and captured in their moments of flight, pursuit, anguish, desperate fight for survival as well as in much more sanguine phases of tenderness, peace and harmony.
July 21, 2018
It’s not for nothing that ETS is often referred to as the father of modern nature writing. His unique writing style is on full display here and though one might disagree with his (sometimes) exaggerated extrapolations on animal behaviour, the depth of his writing more than makes up for that little fault.
This collection of short stories offer an insight into the various animals that Seton encountered in his lifetime. As with any short story collection, some are apt to be better than others, but there are none that I wouldn’t reread. The writing style is in the tradition of the early 20th century and may seem tedious at certain places. But a few pages into the book are enough to establish a level of comfort. And once that happens is when the magic begins. ETS has the unique gift of humanising animal lives, in ways that I wouldn’t have thought possible. And while my more rational side was often in disagreement with his descriptions and conclusions, the stories successfully managed to win over my heart.
My suggestion to anyone reading ETS is this: Take his descriptions of animal lives with a grain of salt. What matters isn’t that he is scientifically wrong, but that his stories manage to draw you in towards subjects that otherwise wouldn’t have crossed your mind. It’s one of those books that blurs the line between reality and fiction. If you’re one of those readers that demands a narrative that sticks true to established facts, stay away. But if you’re someone who can enjoy a bit of storytelling while acknowledging factual drawbacks, well then this one is a true find.
This collection of short stories offer an insight into the various animals that Seton encountered in his lifetime. As with any short story collection, some are apt to be better than others, but there are none that I wouldn’t reread. The writing style is in the tradition of the early 20th century and may seem tedious at certain places. But a few pages into the book are enough to establish a level of comfort. And once that happens is when the magic begins. ETS has the unique gift of humanising animal lives, in ways that I wouldn’t have thought possible. And while my more rational side was often in disagreement with his descriptions and conclusions, the stories successfully managed to win over my heart.
My suggestion to anyone reading ETS is this: Take his descriptions of animal lives with a grain of salt. What matters isn’t that he is scientifically wrong, but that his stories manage to draw you in towards subjects that otherwise wouldn’t have crossed your mind. It’s one of those books that blurs the line between reality and fiction. If you’re one of those readers that demands a narrative that sticks true to established facts, stay away. But if you’re someone who can enjoy a bit of storytelling while acknowledging factual drawbacks, well then this one is a true find.
May 13, 2024
This true account of four mammals and three birds was first published in 1901, and here is its tenth printing. Well known naturalist, Seton writes with wit, insight, charm, and occasional anger. After all, during his time, the bison were near extinction, the deer and pronghorn populations were endangered. And hunters seldom regarded how the hunted feels. The magnificent horns of the mountain sheep seemed to belong to the hunter, the coyotes were dollars for bounty hunters. Objects.
Seton has us identifying with the animals as personalities, so I find it painful to read how a certain hunter hardly gives the mountain sheep any rest until the horns decorate a wall instead of a free animal’s head.
My favorite subject is the kangaroo rat as Seton shows us its burrow and lifestyle. Kangaroo rats and kangaroo mice are endearing, delightful creatures. Super cute.
There’s the story of the silly dog who eventually matures into a sensible creature. Lots of humor in that one.
One of the longest stories involves Tito, a coyote who escapes cruel captivity and learns to avoid danger. She passes the lessons on to her cubs, thereby giving a dwindling population new life.
This is a classic worth reading. Seton may not have lived long enough to see his influence on the treatment of wildlife, but we can be thankful for his efforts.
Seton has us identifying with the animals as personalities, so I find it painful to read how a certain hunter hardly gives the mountain sheep any rest until the horns decorate a wall instead of a free animal’s head.
My favorite subject is the kangaroo rat as Seton shows us its burrow and lifestyle. Kangaroo rats and kangaroo mice are endearing, delightful creatures. Super cute.
There’s the story of the silly dog who eventually matures into a sensible creature. Lots of humor in that one.
One of the longest stories involves Tito, a coyote who escapes cruel captivity and learns to avoid danger. She passes the lessons on to her cubs, thereby giving a dwindling population new life.
This is a classic worth reading. Seton may not have lived long enough to see his influence on the treatment of wildlife, but we can be thankful for his efforts.
June 26, 2024
I do like to take note of what edition I have read: in this case, the copyright page states that The Devinne Press gave us a book by Ernest Seton-Thompson, copyright 1901; First Impression October 12, 1901. There are 361 numbered pages, 8 stories, and an Author's Note to kick things off. This is not listed in the extensive Editions section Goodreads maintains, although the cover illustration is used; my copy is embossed in gold: I am not going to adventure into that mess. I found this volume in a used book booth at The Chestnut Hill Hospital in May 1972. For 52 years it sat on my shelves where I occasionally admired it. Now I have read it, honored to have held a one-hundred-twenty-three-year-old book of such quality.
By today's standards, these stories are heavily anthropomorphic and sappy. Several end in tragedy; if you cried watching "Ol Yeller" you might mist up here. But it is a useful and therapeutic sappy feeling, one conducive to hugging a tree, contributing to the Humane Society, or supporting an ecological effort. The stories are informative ( although not entirely correct) and entertaining. Worth reading.
Recommended.
By today's standards, these stories are heavily anthropomorphic and sappy. Several end in tragedy; if you cried watching "Ol Yeller" you might mist up here. But it is a useful and therapeutic sappy feeling, one conducive to hugging a tree, contributing to the Humane Society, or supporting an ecological effort. The stories are informative ( although not entirely correct) and entertaining. Worth reading.
Recommended.
July 14, 2023
I absolutely adore this author’s writing. The darling animals and the writing style of olde is such a treat!! Just a collection of relatively simple, but interesting animal stories. A respite from the dramas of current day. I enjoyed!
November 27, 2015
Spoiler: Everything dies. It is an interesting viewpoint from the animals that are hunted - not always from humans. By the end you hope that animals CAN'T feel to the level of humans considering all of the suffering they endure in their short lives. The illustrations are wonderful and the plates are small masterpieces.
November 7, 2012
This man studied wildlife with the eye of an artist and the heart of an animal lover. His drawings are wonderful. I read his books as a child and now re-read them to understand animal behavior. This collection repeats stories like that of Krag the Kootenay Ram and Tito the Captive coyote.
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