Naturalist Ernest Thompson Seton created a new literary form when he began writing stories about his adventures with wild animals in the 1890s. His first stories were compiled in the book, "Wild Animals I Have Known," that became popular throughout the United States and Canada. The stories are spellbinding chronicles of wild animal courage, intelligence, and endurance as they valiantly attempt to escape the traps, poisons, guns, and lariats of their human pursuers. Seton was renowned for his scientific studies of American wildlife. His stories about wild animals, however, were a mix of fact and fiction that heightened the drama of each animal's life or death struggle. During the 1890s Seton traveled to the American West and from his experiences wrote the thrilling tales contained in this collection. The exploits of Lobo (wolf), The Pacing Mustang, Tito (coyote), Monarch (grizzly), Coaly-Bay (horse), Johnny Bear, and Badlands Billy (wolf) are presented in their entirety along with many of Seton's drawings. Stephen Zimmer was Director of the Seton Memorial Library at Philmont Scout Ranch at Cimarron, New Mexico for twenty years. For this collection he contributed a biographical introduction of Ernest Thompson Seton and the historical background for each story.
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Stephen Zimmer was Director of the Seton Memorial Library at Philmont Scout Ranch at Cimarron, New Mexico for twenty years. For this collection he contributed a biographical introduction of Ernest Thompson Seton and the historical background for each story.
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Naturalist Ernest Thompson Seton was a leader of the wildlife conservation movement that developed in the United States in the early decades of the 20th Century. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Antelope Springs, Badlands Billy, Sentinel Butte, New Mexico, Little Johnny, Little Missouri, Wolver Jake, Monarch of the Range, Alamosa Arroyo, Broad Arrow, Dakota Badlands, Fountain Hotel, Johnny Bear, Slim Jim New!
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Naturalist Ernest Thompson Seton was a leader of the wildlife conservation movement that developed in the United States in the early decades of the 20th Century. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
yellow wolf, big wolf, sheep herder, body scent Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Antelope Springs, Badlands Billy, Sentinel Butte, New Mexico, Little Johnny, Little Missouri, Wolver Jake, Monarch of the Range, Alamosa Arroyo, Broad Arrow, Dakota Badlands, Fountain Hotel, Johnny Bear, Slim Jim New!
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- Lives of the Hunted by Ernest Thompson Seton on 4 pages
- Pacing Mustang (Light Up the Mind of a Child Series) by Ernest Thompson Seton on 4 pages
- Animal Heroes by Ernest Thompson Seton in Front Matter, and page 167
- Monarch: The Big Bear of Tallac by Ernest Thompson Seton on page 206, and page 209
- Animal Heroes (Dodo Press) by Ernest Thompson Seton in Front Matter, and page 167
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