WILD ANIMALS I HAVE KNOWN

2018 Reprint of 1898 Edition  Illustrated  A stirring account of the lives of eight wild animals including Lobo the king of Currumpaw Silverspot the story of a crow Raggylug the story of a cottontail rabbit Bingo the story of a dog the Springfield fox the pacing mustang Wully the story of a yaller dog and Redruff the story of the Don valley partridge  Ernest Thompson Seton was a naturalist and author   This collection of stories created a new genre of realistic wildanimal fiction  It quickly became one of the most popular books of its day Lobo the King of Currumpaw the first story in the collection was based upon Seton39s experience hunting wolves in the southwestern United States  It became a classic setting the tone for his future works that would similarly depict animalsespecially predators who were often demonized in literatureas compassionate individualistic beings