Kindred of the Wild
Published on 30. November 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
164 pages
978-1-55096-599-5 (ISBN)
Description
Controversial from the first but immensely popular worldwide, Charles G. D. Roberts' animal stories fixed the landscape and wildlife of Canada in a million imaginations. As popular in their day as Kipling's Jungle Book, Roberts' books were far more concerned with precise natural history and with the real experience of wild creatures. A century later, with our sense of the shrinking wilderness, these stores have a fresh, unsentimental and elegaic impact. Introduced by Seán Virgo, this edition brings back into print the best work by Canada's first and greatest storytelling naturalist.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Toronto, ON
Canada
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
245 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-55096-599-5 (9781550965995)
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Persons
Charles G. D. Roberts, known as the father of Canadian poetry, worked as a schoolteacher, an editor of The Week, and a professor at King's College in Nova Scotia. Though primarily known as a poet, he is also credited with being one of the founders of the "animal story." He was named a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1890 and was knighted in 1935. He died in 1943.