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<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" vlink="#CC0000" alink="#CC0000"><center><hr width="350" size="1" align="center" noshade>An anthology of some of the most celebrated animal stories ever collected<hr width="350" size="1" align="center" noshade><p><a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/ChicagoBook.aspx?ISBN=9781566395939&&PRESS=temple" target="_top">Buy this book!</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">View Cart</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">Check Out</a></p><p><img src="1331_reg.gif" height=200 border=1 vspace=4></p></center><!--none//--><h1>The Wild Animal Story</h1>
<h3>edited by Ralph H. Lutts</h3>
<P>cloth 1-56639-593-3 $81.50, Apr 98, <FONT COLOR=#990033>Out of Print</FONT>
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<BR> 328 pp
6x9
4 figures 15 halftones
</P><h3 align="center"><P><font color="#996633">Association of American University Presses Book Jacket Award,
1999</font></P>
</H3>
<BLOCKQUOTE><I>"A marvelous collection of turn-of-the-century animal stories...</I>The Wild Animal Story<I> is well conceived, sensibly organized, admirably complete, and judiciously framed. One hopes that this indispensable and fascinating sourcebook will inspire renewed critical attention to this promising area of research."</I>
<br>—<b><I>ISLE</I></b><I></I></BLOCKQUOTE>
<p>At the beginning of the twentieth century, the wild animal story emerged in Canadian literature as a distinct genre, in which animals pursue their own interests—survival for themselves, their offspring, and perhaps a mate, or the pure pleasure of their wildness.
<p>Bringing together some of the most celebrated wild animal stories, Ralph H. Lutts places them firmly in the context of heated controversies about animal intelligence and purposeful behavior. Widely regarded as entertaining and educational, the early stories—by Charles G. D. Roberts, Ernest Thompson Seton, John Muir, Jack London and others—had an avid readership among adults and children. But some naturalists and at least one hunter—Theodore Roosevelt—discredited these writers as "nature fakers," accusing them of falsely portraying animal behavior.
<p>The stories and commentaries collected here span the twentieth century. As present day animal behaviorists, psychologists, and the public attempt to sort out the meaning of what animals do and our obligations to them, Ralph Lutts maps some of the prominent features of our cultural landscape.
<p>Tales include:
<ul>
<li><p><I>The Springfield Fox</I> by Ernest Thompson Seton
<li><p><I>The Sounding of the Call</I> by Jack London
<li><p><I>Stickeen</I> by John Muir
<li><p><I>Journey to the Sea</I> by Rachel Carson</ul>
<p>Other selections include esssays by Theoore Roosevelt, John Burroughs, Margaret Atwood, and Ralph H. Lutts.
<BR> <h2>Excerpt</h2><P>Excerpt available at <a href="http://www.temple.edu/tempress">www.temple.edu/tempress</a></p>
<BR> <h2>Reviews</h2>
<p><i>"...an invaluable sourcebook of information about the 'nature fakers' controversy that engaged many of the leading figures in natural history at the turn of the century.... Given the inaccessibility of many of the documents it collects, as well as the thoroughness with which it presents them, </i>The Wild Animal Story<i> would make an excellent classroom resource..."</i>
<br>—<b><i><a href="http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3854/is_199901/ai_n8851758" target="new">Environmental History</a></i></b>
<BR> <h2>Contents</h2><P>
<p>Preface
<br>1. The Wild Animal Story: Animals and Ideas – Ralph H. Lutts
<p><b>Part I: Tales</b>
<br>2. On His Animal Stories – Charles G. D. Roberts
<br>3. Do Seek Their Meat from God – Charles G. D. Roberts
<br>4. The Rivals of Ringwaak – Charles G. D. Roberts
<br>5. On His Animal Stories – Ernest Thompson Seton
<br>6. Lobo: The King of the Currumpaw – Ernest Thompson Seton
<br>7. The Springfield Fox – Ernest Thompson Seton
<br>8. On His Animal Stories – William J. Long
<br>9. A School for Little Fishermen – William J. Long
<br>10. Trails That Cross in the Snow – William J. Long
<br>11. A Woodcock Genius – William J. Long
<br>12. The Sounding of the Call – Jack London
<br>13. Stickeen – John Muir
<br>14. Journey to the Sea – Rachel L. Carson
<p><b>Part II: Controversy</b>
<br>15. Real and Sham Natural History – John Burroughs
<br>16. The Modern School of Nature-Study and Its Critics – William J. Long
<br>17. The Fate of Little Mucky – Ernest Thompson Seton
<br>18. The Writings of William J. Long – W. F. Ganong
<br>19. Truth Plain and Coloured – W. H. Hudson
<br>20. Nature as a Field for Fiction – Mabel Osgood Wright
<br>21. Roosevelt on the Nature Fakirs – Edward B. Clark
<br>22. "I Propose to Smoke Roosevelt Out" – Dr. Long
<br>23. Charles G.D. Roberts Defends His Nature Stories
<br>24. Real Naturalists on Nature Faking – Edward B. Clark
<br>25. "Nature Fakers" – Theodore Roosevelt
<br>26. The Other Animals – Jack London
<br>27. Chipmunk Thoughts – John Burroughs
<p><b>Part III: Interpretations</b>
<br>28. Animal Victims – Margaret Atwood
<br>29. The Revolt Against Instinct: The Animal Stories of Seton and Roberts – Robert H. MacDonald
<br>30. The Realistic Animal Story: Ernest Thompson Seton, Charles Roberts, and Darwinism – Thomas R. Dunlap
<br>31. Stickeen and the Moral Education of John Muir – Ronald H. Limbaugh
<br>32. Will the Real Wild Animal Please Stand Up! The Nature Fakers – Ralph H. Lutts
<p>About the Writers
<br>Index
<br>Illustrations
</P><BR> <H2>About the Author(s)</H2>
<table><tr><td valign="top"><img src="/tempress/authors/1331_au.gif" height="90" width="75"></td><td width="100%" valign="middle"><p><b>Ralph H. Lutts</b>, Associate Faculty, Goddard College Off-Campus BA./MA Program and Adjunct Faculty, University of Virginia, Division of Continuing Education, is the author of <I>The Nature Fakers: Wildlife, Science, and Sentiment</I>.</P></td></tr></table>
<BR><H2>Subject Categories</H2>
<p><A HREF="/tempress/general.html" TARGET="_top">General Interest</a>
<BR><A HREF="/tempress/nature.html" TARGET="_top">Nature and the Environment</a>
<BR><A HREF="/tempress/animal_soc.html" TARGET="_top">Animals and Society</a>
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<BR><h2 class="inpageheading">In the series</H2>
<P><I><a href="http://www.temple.edu/tempress/animals.html" onMouseOver="window.status='Click for other books in this series!'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" target="_top">Animals, Culture, and Society</a></i>, edited by Arnold Arluke and Clinton R. Sanders.
</p><p><I>Animals, Culture, and Society</I>, edited by Arnold Arluke and Clinton R. Sanders, is concerned with probing the complex and contradictory human-animal relationship through the publication of accessible books that consider the place of animals in our culture, our literature, our society, and our homes.</p>
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