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A retired naturalist recounts eighteen years living alone on Cape Ann woodlands, recovering health and building a simple cabin while observing and befriending local wildlife. The narrative mixes memoir and natural history: intimate portraits of raccoon, red squirrel, chickadee, wood-thrush, cowbird, white-footed mouse and many others; detailed anecdotes support claims about animal behavior such as foster care by cow-buntings, toe-drumming by mice, song instruction for thrush young, chickadee numeracy, and squirrel territory farming. Chapters move through daily life, seasonal changes, and specific episodes of rescue, study, and coexistence, emphasizing patient observation and the restorative power of nature.

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Title: A Hermit's Wild Friends; or, Eighteen Years in the Woods

Author: Mason Augustus Walton

Release date: April 23, 2022 [eBook #67906]
Most recently updated: October 18, 2024

Language: English

Original publication: United States: Dana Estes & Company, 1903

Credits: Tom Cosmas compiled from materials made available at The Internet Archive and placed in the Public Domain.

*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A HERMIT'S WILD FRIENDS; OR, EIGHTEEN YEARS IN THE WOODS ***
THE "HERMIT" AND HIS HOUSE.

A Hermit's Wild Friends

or

Eighteen Years in the Woods

By

Mason A. Walton

(The Hermit of Gloucester)

Boston

Dana Estes & Company

Publishers

Copyright, 1903
By Dana Estes & Company
All rights reserved

A HERMIT'S WILD FRIENDS
Published October, 1903

Colonial Press

Electrotyped and Printed by C. H. Simonds & Co.

Boston, Mass., U. S. A.

To the
Lovers of Nature,
everywhere,
this volume is fraternally dedicated.