Animal Heroes: Being The Histories Of A Cat, A Dog, A Pigeon, A Lynx, Two Wolves & A Reindeer And In Elucidation Of The Same, Over 200 Drawings

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

Animal Heroes: Being The Histories Of A Cat, A Dog, A Pigeon, A Lynx, Two Wolves & A Reindeer And In Elucidation Of The Same, Over 200 Drawings

4.36 of 5 stars 4.36 · rating details · 36 ratings · 2 reviews

A hero is an individuals gifts and achievements. Whether it be man or animal, this definition applies; and it is the histories of such that appeal to the imagination and to the hearts of those who hear them. In this volume every one of the stories, though more or less composite is the White Reindeer. This story I wrote by Utrovand in Norway during the summer of 1900, while...more

Paperback

Published by Creative Arts Book Company (first published 1905)

more details... edit details

Get a copy:

More…

Friend Reviews

To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up.

Lists with This Book

This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Add this book to your favorite list »

Community Reviews

(showing 1-30 of 70)

filter | sort: default (?) | rating details

Mar 05, 2011 Aygun Samedova rated it 3 of 5 stars

One of my favourite books is "A Street Troubadour" by Ernest Seton Thompson. The folloowing stories are collected in that book: The Winnipeg Wolf, The Slum Cat, The Boy and the Lynx, Snap, Little Warhorse - The History of a Jack-rabbit, Arnaux, A Street Troubadour, Tito, Chink
I created my own book-cover for that collection (used the original cover :)
Here it is:
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10...

like · see review

Apr 23, 2009 Judy rated it 5 of 5 stars

Yes, Seton writes well and these stories about various animals captured my attention :)

1 like · like · see review

May 19, 2013 Oleg Goncharuk rated it 5 of 5 stars

May 17, 2013 Pixelnyx added it

Apr 20, 2013 Nozimjon Hayitov rated it 5 of 5 stars

Apr 05, 2013 Tony rated it 4 of 5 stars

Apr 23, 2013 Melinda Dalke rated it 5 of 5 stars

Mar 16, 2013 Irissska marked it as to-read

Shelves: children-teens, animals, made-me-cry

Mar 08, 2013 Bob Hostetler added it · review of another edition

Mar 01, 2013 Helena rated it 5 of 5 stars

Feb 22, 2013 Johanna added it

Shelves: 1900-1919

Jan 27, 2013 Al marked it as to-read

Jan 21, 2013 Richard marked it as to-read

Shelves: american-literature, animals, kindle-freebies

Jan 13, 2013 Itxaso Grelaki marked it as to-read

Jan 10, 2013 Emily marked it as to-read

Jan 04, 2013 Brooke marked it as to-read

Dec 23, 2012 Tim added it

Dec 22, 2012 Emily marked it as to-read

Nov 14, 2012 Lyudmyla Mayorska rated it 5 of 5 stars

Aug 10, 2012 Kate rated it 4 of 5 stars

Aug 01, 2012 Timo H. rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: children

Jun 05, 2012 Path rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: animal-books

Feb 11, 2013 Jeremy Good marked it as to-read

Shelves: 3

May 04, 2012 James marked it as to-read · review of another edition

May 04, 2012 James marked it as to-read

Apr 05, 2012 Gregory A. marked it as to-read

Mar 29, 2012 Cheryl/Aradanryl marked it as waiting-2-b-read · review of another edition

Recommended to Cheryl/Aradanryl by: Amazon-Free Kindle book

Shelves: in-kindle, kindle-freebie, fiction, non-fiction

Jan 24, 2012 Ali marked it as to-read · review of another edition

Shelves: battle-of-the-books-2011-2012

Jan 20, 2012 Margarita rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Jan 07, 2012 Lilia Sokolowska rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

« previous 1 2 3 next »

new topic
Discuss This Book

There are no discussion topics on this book yet. Be the first to start one »

Recommend it | Stats | Recent status updates

combine
Other Editions (17)

More editions...

Genres

Animals

3 users

Childrens

2 users

See top shelves...

About Ernest Thompson Seton

Ernest Thompson Seton was a Scots-Canadian (and naturalized U.S. citizen) who became a noted author, wildlife artist, founder of the Woodcraft Indians, and one of the founding pioneers of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). Seton also heavily influenced Lord Baden-Powell, the founder of Scouting. His notable books related to Scouting include The Birch Bark Roll and The Boy Scout Handbook. He is respo...more Ernest Thompson Seton was a Scots-Canadian (and naturalized U.S. citizen) who became a noted author, wildlife artist, founder of the Woodcraft Indians, and one of the founding pioneers of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). Seton also heavily influenced Lord Baden-Powell, the founder of Scouting. His notable books related to Scouting include The Birch Bark Roll and The Boy Scout Handbook. He is responsible for the strong influence of American Indian culture in the BSA.

He was born Ernest Evan Thompson in South Shields, County Durham (now part of South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear), England of Scottish parents and his family emigrated to Canada in 1866. As a youth, he retreated to the woods to draw and study animals as a way of avoiding his abusive father. He won a scholarship in art to the Royal Academy in London, England.

He later rejected his father and changed his name to Ernest Thompson Seton. He believed that Seton had been an important name in his paternal line. He developed a fascination with wolves while working as a naturalist for Manitoba. He became successful as a writer, artist and naturalist, and moved to New York City to further his career. Seton later lived at Wyndygoul, an estate that he built in Cos Cob, a section of Greenwich, Connecticut. After experiencing vandalism by the local youth, Seton invited them to his estate for a weekend where he told stories of the American Indians and of nature.

He formed the Woodcraft Indians in 1902 and invited the local youth to join. The stories became a series of articles written for the Ladies Home Journal and were eventually collected in the The Birch Bark Roll of the Woodcraft Indians in 1906.

He was married twice. The first marriage was to Grace Gallatin in 1896. Their only daughter, Ann, was born in 1904 and died in 1990. Ann, who later changed her first name, became a best-selling author of historical and biographical novels as Anya Seton. According to her introduction to the novel Green Darkness, both of her parents were practicing Theosophists. Ernest and Grace divorced in 1935, and Ernest soon married Julia M. Buttree. Julia would write works by herself and with Ernest. They did not have any children, but did adopt an infant daughter, Beulah (Dee) Seton (later Dee Seton Barber), in 1938. Dee Seton Barber died in 2006.

(less)

More about Ernest Thompson Seton...

Books by Ernest Thompson Seton

Rolf in the Woods: The Adventures of a Boy Scout with Indian Quonab & Little Dog Skookum

More…

Share This Book

Facebook Twitter Your website

Trivia About Животные-герои

No trivia or quizzes yet. Add some now »

title link	preview: Animal Heroes: Being The Histories Of A Cat, A Dog, A Pigeon, A Lynx, Two Wolves & A Reindeer And In Elucidation Of The Same, Over 200 Drawings
avg rating	preview: Animal Heroes: Being The Histories Of A Cat, A Dog, A Pigeon, A Lynx, Two Wolves & A Reindeer And In Goodreads rating: 4.36 (36 ratings)
small image	preview: click here [close]
med image	preview: click here [close]
BBCode	[url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1122688.Animal_Heroes?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_book][img]http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1181177116l/1122688.jpg[/img][/url] [url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1122688.Animal_Heroes?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_book]Animal Heroes: Being The Histories Of A Cat, A Dog, A Pigeon, A Lynx, Two Wolves & A Reindeer And In Elucidation Of The Same, Over 200 Drawings by Ernest Thompson Seton[/url]