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A BOOK THAT CHANGED AMERICA... Ernest Thompson Seton was an influential naturalist, and a sometime professional hunter and trapper. Much of this book speaks to the contradictions between these roles. In November 2008, both the PBS series, "Nature," and the BBC series, "Natural World," presented episodes called "The Wolf That Changed America," about Seton, focused in particular on the first story in this book: "Lobo, King of the Currumpaw." Their contention was that his experiences in the capture of Lobo made him the outspoken and controversial activist for wildlife preservation he became. From...

"The life of a wild animal always has a tragic end," as Ernest Thompson Seton said. This is the story of Metitsi Wahb, born a playful cub, orphaned young by the murder of his mother, his brothers and sister, raising himself surrounded by enemies, and growing to the fiercest creature anywhere in his vast range -- though showing himself a gentleman in the Yellowstone National Park. And finally, he is laid low by a smaller, more cunning enemy, and defeated in the end by age and injury. "The life of a wild animal always has a tragic end." I'll warn you this is a gentle and yet violent story, a ...

Ernest Thompson Seton's book, "Monarch, the Big Bear of Tallac." Published in 1919, it tells the story of a tiny Grizzly cub who grew to be the Monarch of the Plains -- and the Prisoner of humanity's arrogance. "Kind memory calls the picture up before me now, clear, living clear: I see them as they sat, the one small and slight, the other tall and brawny, leader and led, rough men of the hills. They told me this tale--in broken bits they gave it, a sentence at a time. ... They told of the river at our feet: of its rise, a thread-like rill, afar on Tallac's side, and its growth--a brook, a ...

История мальчика, который волею случая был воспитан индейцем и стал замечательным охотником и следопытом.

Маленькие дикари - повесть канадского писателя Эрнеста Сетона-Томпсона, жанр детская литература, приключения. Приключения подростков, которые решили поселиться в лесу и пожить жизнью индейцев. Темы индейского быта и жизни на природе, среди диких животных, соединились в увлекательной и познавательной книге.

Ernest Seton's stories reach, inside the animals he writes about in telling their stories. He gives us a greater understanding of their lives on planet earth. Adventure, comedy and sadness all intertwine to make these stories hard to put down until the last word...

Wahb (meaning White Bear) is an orphaned Grizzly Bear who learns to respect his fears, fight for peace, and trust the healing powers of a stinky hot-spring. The story is aptly titled "The Biography of a Grizzly" because it is about the life of a Grizzly. Seton writes with a folksy tone that will enlighten children to the gore and war that Grizzly Bears endure.

Příběh o přátelství, vztahu k přírodě a zálesáctví, který zásadně ovlivnil generace čtenářů. Dva kamarádi Yan a Sam prožívají svá dobrodružství na kanadské farmě na pomezí hlubokých lesů. Poznávají vlastnosti a zvyky divoké zvěře. Učí se orientovat v drsné přírodě, rozdělat oheň, postavit si týpí, vydělávat kůže, ušít si obuv a mnoho dalších indiánských dovedností. Málokdo odolá pokušení vyrobit si vlastní luk, indiánskou čelenku, mokasíny, nebo dokonce návodu jak vycpat výra. Kniha probouzí neutuchající vášeň pro každou chvilku strávenou v přírodě a schopnost v ní přežít.