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100 1 _aLong, William J.
_q(William Joseph),
_d1867-1952
245 1 0 _aWilderness ways
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2005
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2005-05-31
505 0 _aMegaleep the wanderer -- Killooleet, little sweet-voice -- Kagax the bloodthirsty -- Kookooskoos, who catches the wrong rat -- Chigwooltz the frog -- Cloud Wings the eagle -- Upweekis the shadow -- Hukweem the night voice -- Glossary of Indian names.
508 _aProduced by Ted Garvin, Melissa Er-Raqabi, Sankar Viswanathan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net.
520 _a"Wilderness Ways" by William J. Long is a collection of naturalistic sketches written in the late 19th century. The text is a series of observations of animals in their natural habitats, focusing on their behaviors and characteristics without attributing human emotions or motives to them. The author examines various creatures, emphasizing their instincts and natural responses, while celebrating the complexity and beauty of wilderness life. The opening of "Wilderness Ways" sets the stage with a preface explaining the author's intent to present animals as they truly are, avoiding anthropomorphism. It begins with sketches of the woodland caribou, known as Megaleep, highlighting its distinctive features, habits, and the challenges of observing such a elusive creature. Long illustrates the tension between the wild, unpredictable nature of Megaleep and the human desire to understand and capture it through observation. He portrays encounters in the snowy expanses where the caribou thrive while weaving in personal reflections on the fascination and frustrations of studying wildlife in its natural state. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aAnimal behavior
700 1 _aCopeland, Charles,
_d1858-1929
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15950
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