Yellow Eyes (Caxton Classics) [Paperback]

Rutherford G Montgomery (Author)

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About the Author

Thousands of readers, young and old, are acquainted with Rutherford G. Montgomery's narratives of the strong men and wild animals that live in the Western mountain country. He has published over eight short stories and serials in various magazines, and many books in addition to BROKEN FANG. Montgomery spent his boyhood on ranches in North Dakota and Montana. At college he studied law, history, and English; and when the World War broke out he enlisted as a machine gunner in the United States Army Air Corps, spent a year and a half in the service.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Paperback: 253 pages
• Publisher: Caxton Press (May 1, 1937)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0870044176
• ISBN-13: 978-0870044175
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.3 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,326,560 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Jerry Reviews Yellow Eyes, January 14, 2002

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"scaryjerry" (Chicago) - See all my reviews

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I too agree with Stan from Lockport and the others who read Yellow Eyes as a kid and never forgot it. I experienced all of the elation, anger, awe, pain, fear, admiration, frustration and excitement when I read it. I remember the native American who used the ink to render Yellow Eye's poisoned meat inpalatable. He was the only friend Yellow Eyes had among the humans, and Yellow Eyes was able to sense this fact and could also sense this man's pure-heartedness and the goodness in his soul. I remember the leap from the tree, and the fight with the airdales (<-sp?)and the attack in the cave back entrance of the man who would kill him. Yellow Eyes chose not to kill that man. Yellow Eyes' life is an incredible journey from the grips of death to starvation to hunger to adulthood to dominance, becoming a legendary force of nature among the humans and animals in his domain.

This is a story that will enchant and delight children of all ages.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for any age, May 7, 2002

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Samuel Krikorian (Charlotte, NC United States) - See all my reviews
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I can't have read this book fewer than a hundred times during my childhood, and I still dust it off every year at least. The storyline is great, but the authors descriptive language is what makes this book a classic. You see through yellow eyes into the wilderness he lives in.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Timeless Classic, March 2, 2004

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Jon DeVos (Mays Landing, NJ United States) - See all my reviews

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I read this book when I was a kid and remember it as one of my favorites. Recently I found it in a box of old books at my mother's house and brought it out to read to my kids. They where just as spell bound as I was. It is one of the most successful books at seeing life through the eyes of a wild animal without huminizing the animal. It does harken back to a time when the govermant paid people to kill animals rather then preserve them. That is a little confussing to kids but is a valuable history lesson.