Meet Old Lobo, a gigantic gray wolf whose death-defying predations on sheep and cattle herds are the scourge of farmers and ranchers in the Currumpaw region of northern New Mexico.
Animal lovers, environmentalists, naturalists, and any reader who appreciates a lively yarn will cherish this memorable wildlife classic..
This edition faithfully reproduces the layout of the original volume, as well as all 200 of the author\'s distinctive illustrations.
In addition to his popular wildlife stories, the author is well Known for his work as an illustrator and painter.
Seton offers affectionate but realistic portraits of each animal, stressing the commonality between his subjects and their human neighbors.
Each tale focuses on an individual creature: the clever crow, Silverspot
Raggylug, a young cottontail rabbit; the author\'s errant hound, Bingo
Redruff, a Don Valley partridge; a Wild horse Known as The Mustang
Vixen, The Springfield Fox; and Willy, faithful sheep-dog by day and treacherous killer by night.
Critically and popularly acclaimed upon its initial appearance in 1898, Wild Animals I Have Known remains, a century later, the best-Known and best-loved of his works.
Combining scientific observations of Animals in their natural habitats with a romantic vision of nature and the narrative skills of a born storyteller, Seton created an extraordinary collection of tales that gave the animal story new force and believability as a literary genre.
This great wolf is just one of the Animals whose true stories come to life in this engrossing collection of tales by the celebrated naturalist Ernest Thompson Seton (1860-1946).
Meet Old Lobo, a gigantic gray wolf whose death-defying predations on sheep and cattle herds are the scourge of farmers and ranchers in the Currumpaw region of northern New Mexico
