Wild animals I have known : and 200 drawings Ernest Thompson PDF book

Wild animals I have known

Wild animals I have known 

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 been lost much by the vague general treatment that is so common. What satisfaction would be derived from a ten-page sketch of the habits and customs of Man? 

How much more profitable it would be to devote that space to the life of someone great man. This is the principle I have endeavoured to apply to my animals. 

The individual's real personality and his view of life is my theme, rather than the ways of the 9 Note to the Reader race in general, as viewed by a casual and hostile human eye. This may sound inconsistent in view of my piecing together some of the characters, but that was made necessary by the fragmentary nature of the records. 

There is, however, almost no deviation from the truth in Lobo, Bingo, and the Mustang. Lobo lived his wild romantic life from 1889 to 1894 in the Currumpaw region, as the ranchmen know too well, and "died, precisely as r lated, on January 31, 1894. Bingo was my dog from 1882 to 1888, despite interruptions caused by lengthy visits to New York, as my Manitoban friends will remember. And my old friend, the owner of Tan, will learn from these pages how his dog really died.

Author: Ernest Thompson
 Publication Date:1898

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