Wild Animals I Have Known is a collection of animal stories by Ernest Thompson Seton, each portraying a real individual animal—from a wolf to a crow, rabbit, dog, fox, mustang, and partridge. Blending natural history with vivid storytelling, it invites listeners to see the wild through the animals' own lives and personalities.
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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.
Opening of the book
WILD ANIMALS I HAVE KNOWN By Ernest Thompson Seton Books by Ernest Thompson Seton: Biography of a Grizzly Lives of the Hunted Wild Animals at Home Wild Animal Ways Stories in This Book: Lobo, the King of Currumpaw Silverspot, the Story of a Crow Raggylug, the Story of a Cottontail Rabbit Bingo, the Story of My Dog The Springfield Fox The Pacing Mustang Wully, the Story of a Yaller Dog Redruff, the Story of the Don Valley Partridge THESE STORIES are true. Although I have left the strict line of historical truth in many places, the animals in this book were all real characters. They lived the lives I have depicted, and showed the stamp of heroism and personality more strongly by far than it has been in the power of my pen to tell. I believe that natural history has lost much by the vague general treatment that is so common. What