Forest Neighbors: Life Stories of Wild Animals

This book tells the stories of wild animals. In this book, the author explains that some thirty years ago, while out on one of his land-looking trips in the woods of Northern Michigan, his father came upon a little lake that seemed to him the loveliest that he had ever seen, though he had visited many in the course of his explorations. There were no settlers anywhere near, nor even any Indians, yet there was no lack of inhabitants. Human neighbors were scarce around the lake, and perhaps that was one reason why we took such a lively interest in the other residents—those who were there ahead of us. One after another our neighbors introduced themselves, each in his way. And they were good neighbors, all of them. The book begins with an Introduction, then moves on to tell the Biography of a Beaver, the King of the Trout Stream, The Strenuous Life of a Canada Lynx, Pointers from a Porcupine Quill, the Adventures of a Loon, and finally the Making of a Glimmerglass Buck.