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Wild Animals I Have Known
Paperback
ISBN13: 9781977922847
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Oct 4 2017
Pages: 110
Weight: 0.45
Height: 0.23 Width: 7.01 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
Wild Animals I Have Known
By Ernest Thompson Seton
THESE STORIES are true. Although I have left the strict line of historical truth in many places, the animals in this book were all real characters. They lived the lives I have depicted, and showed the stamp of heroism and personality more strongly by far than it has been in the power of my pen to tell.
I believe that natural history has lost much by the vague general treatment that is so common. What satisfaction would be derived from a ten-page sketch of the habits and customs of Man? How much more profitable it would be to devote that space to the life of some one great man. This is the principle I have endeavored to apply to my animals. The real personality of the individual, and his view of life are my theme, rather than the ways of the race in general, as viewed by a casual and hostile human eye.
This may sound inconsistent in view of my having pieced together some of the characters, but that was made necessary by the fragmentary nature of the records. There is, however, almost no deviation from the truth in Lobo, Bingo, and the Mustang.
Contents
- LOBO, The King of Currumpaw
- SILVERSPOT, The Story of a Crow
- RAGGYLUG, The Story of a Cottontail Rabbit
- BINGO, The Story of My Dog
- THE SPRINGFIELD FOX
- THE PACING MUSTANG
- WULLY, The Story of a Yaller Dog
- REDRUFF, The Story of the Don Valley Partridge
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