Soon after the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, great number of trappers and squatters from the east banks of the Mississippi began their trek westward through the great stretches of sandy wastes known as the Great Prairie. Unmindful of the tribes of savage Indians, who resented the encroachment of the white man on their land. Foremost amongst the bands of sturdy wanderers were the families of Ishmael Bush and his wife's brother, Abram, who after a weary all day march, were seeking a suitable spot to camp for the night.
Written in 1877, Black Beauty is the captivating story of the trials and tribulations of a black horse through its own eyes. Black Beauty is transferred from one owner to many different owners; some good, some bad. After a very long journey, Black Beauty returns home to a safe pasture.
This is the story of the jungle folk and the law they live by ... of Akela, the lone wolf, and Bagheera, the black panther ... of Shere Kahn, the lame tiger and Tabaqui, the jackal ... of Baloo, the brown bear ... of Kaa, the python ... of Raksha, the wolf ... and above all ... of Mowgli, the man-cub who came to live among them after his parents had been frightened away by Shere Kahn.
The classic fairytale of the Ugly Duckling being rejected by everyone he meets until finally he matures and discovers that he is really a swan after all.
Covering a wide range of topics on snake reproduction and phylogeny, this comprehensive book discusses everything from primordial germ migration in developing embryos to semelparity (death after reproduction) in the aspic viper.
