by David L. Witt | Apr 10, 2015 | Guest Writers
Seton has been the subject of several biographies, from children’s books to dissertations to an exhibition catalog (mine!). Most of his biographers were too young to have known Seton; to my knowledge Jack Samson was the only one who met him. It turns out there is an...
by David L. Witt | Feb 27, 2015 | Guest Writers
In his first book of stories, Wild Animals I Have Known, Seton included “Bingo, the Story of My Dog.” In the account, the narrator is caught in his own wolf traps and is soon surrounded by wolves. From afar, Bingo senses his plight, and comes to the rescue chasing...
by David L. Witt | Jan 31, 2015 | Lobo, Wolves & Wildlife Conservation
January 31, 2015 marks the 121th anniversary of the death of Lobo, a wolf trapped by Ernest Thompson Seton along the Corrumpa River in northeastern New Mexico. I have written in my book on Seton and elsewhere in this blog about how he underwent a psychological and...
by David L. Witt | Jan 26, 2015 | Seton Annotated Publications
This is the tenth and final in a series, an annotated listing of Ernest Thompson Seton books covering the years 1937-1945. 1937 The Biography of an Arctic Fox (New York: D. Appleton-Century Company) Quote: “This is the story of the cache, and many they made that...
by David L. Witt | Jan 22, 2015 | Seton Annotated Publications
This is the ninth in a series, an annotated listing of Ernest Thompson Seton books covering the years 1922-1936. 1922 Bannertail, The Story of a Graysquirrel (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons) Quote: “And foolish man, who slays the Graysquirrel in his reckless lust...
