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Title: Animal Heroes

Author: Ernest Thompson Seton

Posting Date: March 21, 2009 [EBook #2284]
Release Date: August, 2000

Language: English

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Animal Heroes

by

Ernest Thompson Seton

Note to Reader

A hero is an individual of unusual 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 founded on the actual life of a veritable animal hero. The most
composite is the White Reindeer. This story I wrote by Utrovand in
Norway during the summer of 1900, while the Reindeer herds grazed in
sight on the near uplands.

The Lynx is founded on some of my own early experiences in the
backwoods.

It is less than ten years since the 'Jack Warhorse' won his hero-crown.
Thousands of "Kaskadoans" will remember him, and by the name Warhorse
his coursing exploits are recorded in several daily papers.

The least composite is Arnaux. It is so nearly historical that several
who knew the bird have supplied additional items of information.

The nest of the destroying Peregrines, with its owners and their young,
is now to be seen in the American Museum of Natural History of New
York. The Museum authorities inform me that Pigeon badges with the
following numbers were found in the nest: 9970-S, 1696, U. 63, 77, J.
F. 52, Ex. 705, 6-1894, C 20900. Perhaps some Pigeon-lover may learn
from these lines the fate of one or other wonderful flier that has long
been recorded "never returned."

CONTENTS

THE SLUM CAT
ARNAUX--The Chronicle of a Homing Pigeon
BADLANDS BILLY--The Wolf that Won
THE BOY AND THE LYNX
LITTLE WARHORSE--The History of a Jack-rabbit
SNAP--The Story of a Bull-Terrier
THE WINNIPEG WOLF
THE LEGEND OF THE WHITE REINDEER

THE SLUM CAT

LIFE I

I

"M-e-a-t! M-e-a-t!" came shrilli