THE SINGING FOREST

by H. Mortimer Batten ‧ RELEASE DATE: April 15, 1964

... actually seems to endlessly echo the notes of Mr. Batten's hymn to the red deer. The author spent forty years in the deer forests of the Scottish highlands before creating this tale about the creatures he knows so well. Ewen MacEwen, a game keeper on a laird's estate, rescues a motherless stag calf while hunting in the forest. Corrie, as he is soon named, becomes the first love of Fiona, the laird's ten year old daughter; the love is reciprocal, and Corrie nearly dies when Fiona goes away for a few days. It's the old taming-of-the-wild, and returning-the-wild-to-the-wild story, and in this case it's even heavier with nostalgia than usual. Mr. Batten goes on and on, to the extent of putting dreams in the deer's head.

Pub Date: April 15, 1964

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Co.

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: April 1, 1964

Categories: FICTION