Wilderness ways

Wood Folk #2

by William Joseph Long

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Genres: Outdoors

154 pages, Nook

First published January 1, 1900

About the author

William Joseph Long (1867-1952) was an American writer, naturalist and minister. He lived and worked in Stamford, Connecticut as a minister of the First Congregationalist Church.

Reviews

[Scribblescribe · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm 92% finished with this book so I thought I would write a review for it a bit early. This is a pretty good book, yet sad in a way because it makes you realize how much has changed in little over a hundred years on this continent. I learned a few things about animal behaviors in the north woods that I wasn't aware of before. True, the author anthropomorphizes the animal vignettes he does, but they still contain valuable information.

I wonder what Native American language he uses to name the animals. I think Malecite (Maliseet?) maybe.
Tried googling the animal names and didn't come up with much. This is what happens when languages die out I suppose :(. Then again, maybe the spellings Long used aren't the spellings people use nowadays.

I can't be sure.

http://www.kellscraft.com/beastsoffie...

Be sure to check out that page because it has a little information about the native american words.

[Scott · Rating 4 out of 5]

A charming little book. Some of it is reasonably accurate information about the behavior of the animals watched and studied by the nature-loving parson, and some of it is quaint anthropomorphism. Regardless, his turn of phrase makes you feel the wonder and variety of the outdoors. I read it by a fire, and could almost imagine myself in the place of the author, sitting at a crackling campfire and journaling about the spectacles he'd seen that day. The book gives you a peaceful feeling...don't be surprised if you drift off into a comfortable doze.