Black Bruin: The Biography of a Bear
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About This Book
Now you can read two of Clarence Hawkes' wildlife adventures in one book - that's two complete novels in one book. Readers of all ages will love these stories, but especially boys who enjoy the outdoors and stories that don't hold back from telling about the life and death struggles that occur in the wild. Shovelhorns, first published in 1909, is the story of a moose in the harsh woods of New Brunswick, Canada. Relive the life of this moose as he grows from a small calf to a great bull moose. Learn how his mother protects him from a fierce wolf pack. As he matures he experiences his own advent...
Chapters (31)
- BLACK BRUIN
- The Biography of a Bear
- Clarence Hawkes
- Author of Shaggycoat, The Biography of a Beaver The Trail to the Woods Tenants of the Trees The Little Foresters etc.
- Illustrated by Charles Copeland
- Philadelphia George W. Jacobs & Co. Publishers
- Dedicated to My illustrator and friend MR. CHARLES COPELAND whose clever brush has caught so perfectly each whim of nature in field and forest, and called from hiding the furtive furred and feathered folk, who come and go like shadows in the ancient woods.
- THE GREAT BEAR OF THE MOUNTAINS
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- Black Bruin's first acquaintance with a panther . . . Frontispiece The bear hurried in hot pursuit Black Bruin dealt the porcupine a crushing blow Growler sprang at Black Bruin's throat He discovered another bear, watching the stream
- URSUS, THE DROLL INTRODUCTORY
- Black Bruin
- CHAPTER I A THIEF IN THE NIGHT
- CHAPTER II THE CHASE
- CHAPTER III A WILDERNESS BABY
- CHAPTER IV THE CUBHOOD OF BLACK BRUIN
- The Bear Hurried in Hot Pursuit
- CHAPTER V A ROLLICKING ROGUE
- CHAPTER VI THE LIFE OF A DANCING-BEAR
- CHAPTER VII THE VAGABONDS
- CHAPTER VIII THE BEAST AND THE MAN
- CHAPTER IX LIFE IN THE WILD
- BLACK BRUIN DEALT THE PORCUPINE A CRUSHING BLOW
- CHAPTER X THE GREAT BEAR-HUNT
- GROWLER SPRANG AT BLACK BRUIN'S THROAT
- CHAPTER XI A PLEASANT COMPANION
- HE DISCOVERED ANOTHER BEAR WATCHING THE STREAM
- CHAPTER XII THE KING OF THE MOUNTAIN
- CHAPTER XIII THE BEAR WITH A COLLAR
- CHAPTER XIV THE WRECK
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