Wild Animals I Have Known (Illustrated)

"Wild Animals I Have Known" by Ernest Thompson Seton is a stirring account of the lives of eight wild animals, including Lobo (the king of Currumpaw), Silverspot (a crow), Raggylug (a cottontail rabbit), Bingo (a dog), a fox, a mustang; Wully (a yaller dog), and Redruff (a partridge). Seton's ability to identify with the wildlife he studied and write touching, exciting mini-dramas is enhanced by his role as an observer who did not inject himself as a foreign influence in their lives. "Wild Animals I have Known" is a wonderful collection of stories about animals and their fascinating ways that touches the hearts of young and old. There are no happy endings in this book, because the moral is that animals always die tragic deaths. But if you want to learn the laws of nature and better understand animals and their ways, the accounts hunter-trapper Ernest Thompson Seton, as shared in "Wild Animals I Have Known," will reward you with hours of enchanted reading.