1st Edition

The World of Animals An Anthology of Lore, Legend, and Literature

Edited By Joseph Krutch Copyright 1961
540 Pages
by Routledge

541 Pages
by Routledge

541 Pages
by Routledge

Human beings share the earth with many other living creatures and have dealt with them in many different ways. Animals have furnished humans with food, done their work, aroused their curiosity, provided them with "sport," stimulated their sense of beauty, and provoked their wonder. They have also shared affection, when both the human and animal have decided to give it. No less varied or avoidable... Read more
Introduction; One: Profiles and Portraits; Two: Hunters and Sportsmen; Three: The Wide Wide World; Four: Cruelty and Fellow Feeling; Five: Legends, Fantasies, and Fictions; Six: From Aristotle to Darwin To?; Seven: Destruction and Conservation; Eight: Head and Heart

Biography

Joseph Krutch