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The Fox Book
The Fox Book , with its stunning photography and fascinating facts, is a must-have for all fox lovers. Featuring details of a fox's life cycle and the differences between the rural and urban fox, the sections include the fox in art and literature, the fox in myth and legend, and the many types of fox found in nature.
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160 pages, Hardcover
Published November 1, 2017
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April 25, 2018
This is another British book about foxes.
The Fox Book succeeds in some places where Fox failed by focusing only upon the British red fox, and urban foxes in particular. There is a short section in the beginning about their natural habits, which ironically went into a bit more detail than even Fox did, followed by sections about fox hunting, man's interaction with foxes, and foxes in popular culture and mythology.
Fox succeeded where this one fails in truly showing our disdain for the creatures and how strongly held those beliefs are. While The Fox Book does show that through the fox hunting section - and its calls for more reform being necessary since what has passed is largely for show and riddled with loopholes - it shows it a bit better through a full study of the Reynard folklore through the ages. I appreciated the focus upon Reynard, as Fox focused more primarily upon the Asian traditions.
This book was short, but ultimately more helpful and revealing than Fox was for a broader view of the red fox and its impact upon European life. The pictures, likewise, are quite nice and the poetry in it beautiful. It's good for a quick read, and a lovely book to have on hand for general perusal for all of those interested in foxes.
Though perhaps a bit better for a British audience than an American one, as that is most certainly the focus.
The Fox Book succeeds in some places where Fox failed by focusing only upon the British red fox, and urban foxes in particular. There is a short section in the beginning about their natural habits, which ironically went into a bit more detail than even Fox did, followed by sections about fox hunting, man's interaction with foxes, and foxes in popular culture and mythology.
Fox succeeded where this one fails in truly showing our disdain for the creatures and how strongly held those beliefs are. While The Fox Book does show that through the fox hunting section - and its calls for more reform being necessary since what has passed is largely for show and riddled with loopholes - it shows it a bit better through a full study of the Reynard folklore through the ages. I appreciated the focus upon Reynard, as Fox focused more primarily upon the Asian traditions.
This book was short, but ultimately more helpful and revealing than Fox was for a broader view of the red fox and its impact upon European life. The pictures, likewise, are quite nice and the poetry in it beautiful. It's good for a quick read, and a lovely book to have on hand for general perusal for all of those interested in foxes.
Though perhaps a bit better for a British audience than an American one, as that is most certainly the focus.
February 8, 2019
For some reason this did not blow me away as The Hare Book did. There seemed to be too much of an emphasis on the negative view of the fox, and also not a lot on its natural history. There was also more about the politics surrounding foxes. Also the art and literature was not as magical. Foxes are very magical to me, and surely the author could have found some more positive literature. They are beautiful animals and deserved better.
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