RED FOX

by Charles G. D. Roberts ‧ RELEASE DATE: April 17, 1972

A reissue of the Canadian author's 1905 account of one impressive but never glorified animal's continuing survival in the New Brunswick bush. ""He simply represents the best, in physical and mental development, of which the tribe of the foxes has shown itself capable,"" Roberts writes in his charmingly earnest preface; ""every one of these experiences has befallen some red fox in the past and may befall others in the future."" Beginning with his father's death defending his new litter from a pair of dogs and ending with Red Fox's triumphant escape (after having been captured and sold for the hunt) to ""a rugged turbulence of hills and ravines where the pack and the scarlet hunters could not come,"" the story describes his everyday encounters with predators, mate and prey -- not exactly from the fox's point of view but as if recorded by a respectfully unsentimental mind-reading observer. Not everyone will be willing to accompany a lone animal through 187 essentially unpeopled pages; those who are will find the inherent drama of a wilderness existence projected with clarity and integrity.

Pub Date: April 17, 1972

ISBN: 1151402672

Page Count: -

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: April 1, 1972

Categories: FICTION