Wild Animals I Have Known

By Ernest Thompson Seton

Book Overview

An immediate success upon its first publication in 1898, Wild Animals I Have Known gave the animal story new credibility and power as a literary genre and remains Seton' s best-loved work.

With over 200 illustrations by the author.

In Wild Animals I Have Known, Ernest Thompson Seton guides us through the inner lives of the creatures he met on Manitoba's plains, New Mexico's ranges, and in Toronto's ravines. His portrayal of the ways of nature is a fascinating reflection of the conflicting impulses of his time: Romanticism is tempered by scientific observation; sentimentality by Darwinian dispassion. Yet each of Seton's animal heroes--Silverspot the Crow, Raggylug, the Cottontail Rabbit, and Wully, the Yaller Dog--is in his way an exception among his kind.

Seton's compassionate appreciation for the wisdom expressed in the natural world made Wild Animals I Have Known an instant bestseller when it was first published in 1898, and has inspired generations of readers since.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0771093802
• ISBN13: 9780771093807
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: New Canadian Library
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.1" x 7.6"

Customer Reviews

My review of "wild animals i have known

I read Wild animals i have known by Ernest Thompson.Its a 245 page book fild with short storys about animals.It as A little something for everyone. It has adventure, comody, sadness, and bunnys. Each story has its own characters both human and animal.My favorite story is one intitled Lobo.Its about a wolf traper and his toils with lobo the leader of the neiborhood wolf pack. Each story kept my attention throughout the whole book.I would recomend this book to everyone who likes to read about animals.

Wild Thing!

Seton's unique gift brings us inside the minds and feelings of the wild creatures who share our continent. His groundbreaking empathy and insight foreshadowed the animal rights movement. A refreshing look into real life.

An astute observer spins engrossing tales of animals' lives

I first read this book as a very young reader, almost sixty years ago. Seton's ability to identify with the wildlife he studies,but with a minimum of anthropomorphism or sentimentality, and then write touching, exciting mini-dramas is enhanced by his role as an observer who does not inject himself as a foreign influence in their lives.I'm buying copies of the hardcover edition for my grandchildren, for this book will be read more than once, and kept for a lifetime. Get it before it goes out of print again. Robert H. Tyrka, Sr. rtyrkasr@chesint.net

A must for aspiring naturalists.

Seton Thompson's stories of wild animals and their wonderful ways touch 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, these accounts of a hunter-trapper will reward you with hours of enchanted stort-telling.