This edition faithfully reproduces the layout of the original volume, as well as all 200 of the author's distinctive illustrations.
In particular Burroughs blamed Seton's collection of stories for founding the sentimental animal story genre, which he felt featured fabricated events and wild animal behaviors; he even amended the title of the collection to Wild Animals I ...
In particular Burroughs blamed Seton's collection of stories for founding the sentimental animal story genre, which he felt featured fabricated events and wild animal behaviors; he even amended the title of the collection to Wild Animals I ...
This work, along with others like it, set off what would become known as the nature fakers controversy, when leading artists and literary figures - and even President Roosevelt - clashed over "sentimental" depictions of animals.
Wild Animals I Have Known: In Large Print
An immediate success upon its first publication in 1898, Wild Animals I Have Known gave the animal story new credibility and power as a literary genre and remains Seton’s best-loved work.