Lives of the Hunted, Containing a True Account of the Doings of Five Quadrupeds and Three Birds, and, in Elucidation of the Same, Over 200 Drawings

New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1901. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. First edition. Spine and boards toned, pencil gift note on front free endpaper, rear hinge starting. 1901 Hard Cover. 360 pp. Olive cloth, gilt titles and border. Over 200 illustrations by author. "Tells the live of a bear, a cock sparrow, Krag the Kootenay Ram, Coyote etc., all based on true stories." "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 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 some one great man. This is the principle I have endeavored to apply to my animals. The real personality of the individual, and his view of life are my theme, rather than the ways of the race in general, as viewed by a casual and hostile human eye." --E.T.S.