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The Wolfling: A Documentary Novel of the Eighteen-Seventies

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When Robbie Trent learns of a wolf den, he wishes to have a wolf welp for his own. When one of his school mates also learns of the den he wishes to have all of the welps for bounty paid by the Wisconsin Government. When the two meet up at the den......... THE RACE IS ON!!!!!!!!!

A 12 year old boy wishes to have one of Old Three Toes' wolflings. When Bubs, one of his schoolmates finds the den he hopes to get the wolfling before Bubs and his father smoke out the wolves.

I gave this book three stars because parts were pretty boring. It kept me reading in the beginning and the end. I think it was a good book and I recomend it to people who like animals. When the book starts out Robbie Trent(a thirteen year-old boy) learns of a wolf den and wants a whelp for a pet. When they find the wolf den Robbie climbs into it and gets the whelp he wanted. His parents let him keep it and as time progresses the wolfling grows bigger and bigger. The book ends when Robbie, Wolf, and Inga (this girl he likes) live happily ever after.

I read Rascal by the same author so choosing this book was easy. It is about a boy of the 1870's and his wolf pup. My husband and I both loved it.

This is a gorgeous little book for lovers of wolves. Yes it is an older book but the affection between the boy and the wolf is amazing and will touch the heart of animal lovers.

The Wolfling is a very captivating story about a young farm boy named Robbie and his half-wolf half-dog pet, Wolf. Robbie has raised the wolf since he was just a little whelp so they have a kind of brotherhood between them. Robbie is a very smart young man and loves the be outdoors in nature; he takes walks in the forest for hours on end, and he often gets home late for chores and gets a whipping for it. But is motto is: some things are worth getting a good whipping for. This book takes place in the 1870s when train freight was expensive. So at a point in the book Robbie contemplates dropping out of school to get a job to help support his family. But he, being the brightest boy in school, is very reluctant to do so. In the end he graduates from an academy and goes on to be a successful businessman.

One of the best parts of the book is how well the author describes events in the story. It is so well written that you feel like you are right next to the characters--in the thick of the race or in the bitter cold. All in all, The Wolfling is a great book and an excellent read

I thought the book was very readable and held me fast for the few days it took to read it (first time 1974). I have been drawn back to it numerous times over the years. Sterling North's paints a great picture of farmlife of Wisconsin (and the midwest) in the post Civil War era: McGuffey Readers; houseraisings, etc. He also brings to light a well known naturalist in his day: Thure Kumlien (whose story itself would make an interesting book). The story itself is heartwarming with charactors that you will wish you could have met.