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Wild Animals at Home

First published: 1913
Pages: 219

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Foreword & The Cute Coyote
28:11
The Prairie-Dog and His Kin
15:28
Famous Fur-bearers
32:22
Horns and Hoofs and Legs of Speed
50:29
Bats in the Devil's Kitchen
5:36
The Well-meaning Skunk
17:41
Old Silver-grizzle - The Badger
30:54
The Squirrel and His Jerky-tail Brothers
20:20
The Rabbits and Their Habits
33:28
Ghosts of the Campfire
9:08
Sneak-cats Big and Small
18:39
Bears of High and Low Degree
26:51

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About this book

Ernest Thompson Seton drew on years of observing the wildlife of Yellowstone, and this 1913 collection gathers what he saw into a set of plain-spoken natural history chapters. He profiles the coyote, the prairie dog, the beaver, the badger, the well-meaning skunk, the grizzly and its smaller cousins, along with foxes, squirrels, rabbits, and the mountain lions he calls sneak-cats. Seton favored the park because its protected animals had grown used to people and would let a patient watcher come close, so his notes carry the detail of firsthand encounter rather than secondhand lore. His own drawings and photographs run throughout. For anyone drawn to early field observation written with warmth and a storyteller's ear, it holds a place among the founding works of American nature writing.

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Ernest Thompson Seton

Ernest Thompson Seton (1860-1946) was a British-born American author, wildlife artist, and naturalist. A founder of the Woodcraft Indians and an early leader of the Boy Scouts of America, he wrote and illustrated many popular books on animals and outdoor life.