by David L. Witt | Jul 8, 2023 | Seton Annotated Publications
Illustration from Two Little Savages For all that Seton has been largely forgotten by the general public, a small cadre of scholars and journalists continue to chart his legacy. While his nature-based work is usually viewed favorably, scholars who come out of Native...
by David L. Witt | Jun 15, 2023 | Curator's Notes
Sunburst and Seton Castle, New Mexico Where better to start the Saga of the Seton family than in the mists of time? And what better place for a historian to get lost than in the mists? As in introduction to the mists, try Wikipedia and other on-line sources where the...
by David L. Witt | Apr 4, 2023 | Guest Writers
Cover Art, Quartier Latin, Vol II January 1897 No. 6, Compiled monthly in Paris and printed and published by llifee & Son, of London, #30/p.176, p. 177 One of my worthy correspondents (more worthy than me since he, not I, discovered this little gem of a review)...
by David L. Witt | Mar 22, 2023 | Guest Writers
Salutation, Burroughs to Roosevelt Ernest Thompson Seton read books by John Burroughs as a young man, inspired by the older man’s love of nature. This made the shock all the greater when Burroughs attacked him during the Nature Faker controversy of 1903-04. He...
by David L. Witt | Feb 1, 2023 | Lobo, Wolves & Wildlife Conservation
(Editor’s note: Rick McIntyre will be known by many of you for his tireless efforts on behalf of wolves and as one of the most elegant spokespersons for wild nature through award winning books and lectures. Ernest Thompson Seton, who visited Yellowstone National Park...
