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August 26th, 2018 : National Dog Day
August 8th, 2018 : New edition of « Dans le monde des castors » now available
A tribute to Scotch, a great dog until the end ! He lived a century ago but his actions left a mark in history!
Scotch lived in Estes Park, Colorado and he often went with his master Enos A. Mills to climb the Rocky Mountains. After Scotch's death, he wrote the story of his dog.
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It's a french book but here is an english summary for those interested : "In beaver world" was written by Enos A. Mills. Enos A. Mills (1870 - 1922) was a mountain guide, a naturalist, a photographer and a writer. He spent his life watching animals, walking in the forest and climbing mountains. He was called the "Father of Rocky Mountain National Park". He spent his life watching beavers, how they build houses, dams, canals and keep water in their ponds. How do beavers live ? Why do they build their home in a pond ? Why do they build dams ? How do they cut trees ? Which trees do they like best ? How do they sleep ? What do they do when they're inside their hut and trapped under the frozen pond ? Where do they travel to in the summer when they play tourists and leave their home ? Who is their worst ennemy ? The bobcat ? The man ? Or forest fires and drought ? They're clever and they accomplish large works. Enter the mysterious world of beavers and learn about their habits, their ways of doing and living, how they regulate natural resources, their great engineering, their monumental works, their migratory travels and how beavers prepared the way for forests, meadows and pioneers in North America. Read more about this book.
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March 28th, 2018 : New edition of « L'histoire de Scotch le chien et autres récits de la vie sauvage » now available
It's a french book but here is an english summary for those interested : How do woodpeckers eat insects in the trees ? Can we sleep in a bear den ? How does a horse go down the mountain ? Why do bighorn sheep like living up the mountain summit ? Through his adventures and travels, Enos A. Mills tells us of the outdoor life, the animals he meets and some of the interesting things that he has found out with Nature. He climbs up the mountain with his dog Scotch during a storm. He follows birds in the forest. He watches beavers making their home in a lake. He travels alone during the winter to take snow measurements and survives a snowslide. Up the mountain, he shares some peanuts with a horse. He meets two prospectors besieged by bears in their cabin. One morning, he sees a bighorn sheep in front of his door. He coasts off the roof of the world, he watches deer and trails bears. He travels with a beaver, watches squirrels and listens to the coyotes howling on the plains and the desert. What wakes him up at dawn ? The chipmunks which climb on the roof of his cabin ! Read more about this book.
24 chapters written by Enos A. Mills to see how this explorer lived. Enos A. Mills (1870 - 1922) was an American naturalist. He was called the "Father of Rocky Mountain National Park" as he helped establish the Rocky Mountain National Park to protect forest, animals and their habitats. He was a naturalist, a writer, a photographer and a mountain guide. He spent his life watching animals, walking in the forest and climbing mountains and he wrote many great stories about wild life, animals and trees. He watched many animals, their behaviors, their games, their relationship to nature and man. For him, each animal, each plant, each form of life had its own story to tell.
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