This Side of Wild
Mutts, Mares, and Laughing Dinosaurs
1st Edition
Published on 29. September 2015
144 pages
978-1-4814-5152-9 (ISBN)
Description
In the National Book Award longlist book This Side of Wild, Newbery Honor?winning author Gary Paulsen shares surprising true stories about his relationship with animals, highlighting their compassion, intellect, intuition, and sense of adventure.
Gary Paulsen is an adventurer who competed in two Iditarods, survived the Minnesota wilderness, and climbed the Bighorns. None of this would have been possible without his truest companions: his animals. Sled dogs rescued him in Alaska, a sickened poodle guarded his well-being, and a horse led him across a desert. Through his interactions with dogs, horses, birds, and more, Gary has been struck with the belief that animals know more than we may fathom.
His understanding and admiration of animals is well known, and in This Side of Wild, which has taken a lifetime to write, he proves the ways in which they have taught him to be a better person.
Gary Paulsen is an adventurer who competed in two Iditarods, survived the Minnesota wilderness, and climbed the Bighorns. None of this would have been possible without his truest companions: his animals. Sled dogs rescued him in Alaska, a sickened poodle guarded his well-being, and a horse led him across a desert. Through his interactions with dogs, horses, birds, and more, Gary has been struck with the belief that animals know more than we may fathom.
His understanding and admiration of animals is well known, and in This Side of Wild, which has taken a lifetime to write, he proves the ways in which they have taught him to be a better person.
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Gary Paulsen (1931-2021) was one of the most honored writers of contemporary literature for young readers, author of three Newbery Honor titles, Dogsong, Hatchet, and The Winter Room. He wrote over 100 books for adults and young readers.
Content
- Intro
- Dedication
- Introduction: Alone
- Preface: The Learning Process
- Chapter One: A Confusion of Horses, a Border Collie named Josh, a Grizzly Bear Who Liked Holes, and a Poodle with Three Teeth
- Chapter Two: A Very Young Soldier, a Very Old Man, a Mynah Bird Named Betty, and Gretchen
- Chapter Three: Hollywood and the Woman/Dog Who Knew Hemingway
- Then Four Hundred Sheep and Floating Louise and the Coyote That Made Louise Hate Me
- Chapter Four: On Birds, and Bees, and Rest Area Non-negotiated Hostile Existence
- Chapter Five: On the Need for a Murder of Ravens to Maintain Control of Just About Everything
- and Laughing Dinosaurs
- Interrogatum: Three Things to Learn
- About Gary Paulsen
- Copyright
