by David L. Witt | Jul 17, 2015 | Arctic
Summer, forty-two years ago, I came across Seton’s account of his 1907 exploration of the Arctic Prairies. I thought at the time that re-creating that adventure, or at least a part of it, would be a worthy goal. Finally, after years of desiring, I am just days away...
by David L. Witt | Jun 19, 2015 | Arctic
Ernest Thompson Seton and the Search for Canada’s Lost Great Lake, The Aylmer Lake/Arctic Prairies Expeditions 1907/2015 An Exhibition and Book Project of the Academy for the Love of Learning In 1907 forty-six year old artist, naturalist, and co-creator of the...
by David L. Witt | Apr 14, 2015 | Seton Annotated Publications
This is the eleventh, and perhaps the final in a series, an annotated listing of Ernest Thompson Seton books, adding two more titles to the existing list. 1932 Famous Animal Stories: Animal Myths, Fables, Fairy Tales, Stories of Real Animals (New York: Brentano’s...
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...
