THE HUNTER AND THE HUNTED: Stories of Forest and Field

by Phyllis R. Fenner ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 18, 1968

Ten stories of many moods, from the ambivalent triumph of a boy over a long-hunted wolf (Dion Henderson's ""Wolf of Thunder Mountain"") to the more assured realization of courage in Annixter's ""Woods-Devil"" and the inevitable but reluctant slaying of an East African rhino in Edison Marshall's ""The Last Charge."" Some names -- London, MacKinlay Kantor, Robert Murphy -- you'll recognize immediately; the others are less well known, but the stories, of fairly high quality, all involve boys. In her brief preface, Miss Fenner distinguishes between hunting as sport and as a way of life; here the way of life is set in the past (in several locales) and the sporting variety is never in the raw or random barrel. A steady aim.

Pub Date: Sept. 18, 1968

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Morrow

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Sept. 1, 1968

Categories: NONFICTION