Wild Animals I Have Known, Ernest Thompson Seton
Wild Animals I Have Known, Ernest Thompson Seton
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Wild Animals I Have Known

Author: Ernest Thompson Seton

Narrator: Laurellee Westaway, David Thorn, Bobbie Frohman

Unabridged: 5 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/20/2014

Synopsis

Ernest Seton's stories reach inside the animals he writes about, giving us a greater understanding of their lives on planet earth. Adventure, comedy, and sadness all intertwine to make these stories fully engaging clear to the last word. Stories include:Lobo, the King of CurrumpawSilverspot, the Story of a CrowRaggylug, the Story of a Cottontail RabbitBingo, the Story of My DogThe Springfield FoxThe Pacing MustangWully, the Story of a Yaller DogRedruff, the Story of the Don Valley Partridge

About Ernest Thompson Seton

Ernest Thompson Seton (1860–1946) was a British author, wildlife artist, founder of the Woodcraft Indians, and one of the founding pioneers of the Boy Scouts of America. Seton also influenced Lord Baden-Powell, the founder of Scouting. His notable books related to Scouting include The Birch Bark Roll and The Boy Scout Handbook. He is responsible for the appropriation and incorporation of what he believed to be American Indian elements into the traditions of the BSA.

About David Thorn

David Thorn spent his childhood in the Channel Islands off the coast of France, was schooled in England, and then immigrated to the United States at the age of twenty-three. He is retired from international commerce and currently resides in California.

About Bobbie Frohman

Bobbie Frohman, a third generation Californian, was raised in a large extended family, the niece of cowboys. Early on she developed a deep love of animals, training her dogs to perform with her at dog shows, and as a competitive barrel racer with her beloved horse, Lucky.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Abigail

I discovered a battered copy of this book in my school library when I was about 10. I found it very...affecting. The book made me angry and sad, but I would return to it over and over as a sort of cathartic. I was not the sort of kid who cried at books or movies, but this book made me cry. I know it......more

Goodreads review by CHERRY

A must-read. Sir David Attenborough wrote, in his forward for Seton's biography Ernest Thompson Seton: The Life and Legacy of an Artist and Conservationist, "I was given a copy of Wild Animals I Have Known when I was eight. I still have it. It was the most precious book of my childhood. I knew very w......more

Goodreads review by Phoenix2

This was a gift from my teachers when I finished elementary school. It's a nice read, full of natural scenes, stories about animals and the relationship of the humans with them. Some of them are sad, some of them touching, but all of them interesting.......more

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