KRAG & JOHNNY BEAR...histories of Krag, Randy, Johnny Bear, Chink

by Seton, Ernest Thompson

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NY:: Scribner,, 1902. EX-LIBRARY, rubberstamp inside front cover; no card pocket or spine marks/label. ||| Two 1/2-inch ink blots on front cover + a lighter ink smear 1.25x1-inch; spine ends & cover tips worn.. + 2pp. publisher's book ads. With 4 full-pg. b&w drawings & various spot drawings, all by Seton. `Scribner Series for School Reading.' ||| Seton (1860-1946), naturalist / author, trailed & hunted in Manitoba's prairie country (1890s); wrote & illustrated `Wild Animals I Have Known' (1898) + other animal stories, favorites with young readers ever since. ||| Less well known--his deep concern for future of the prairie; he `fought vigorously to establish reservations for Indians, & parks for animals threatened by extinction...to provide children with opportunities for nature study, he founded Woodcraft Indians (1902); later was chairman of committee that established Boy Scouts of America'--Ency. Brit. :::