- Supervivencia (accidentes de aviación, naufragios, etc.), Falcons, Spanish language materials, Fiction
A young boy relates his adventures during the year he spends living alone in the Catskill Mountains, including his struggle for survival, his dependence on nature, his animal friends, and his ultimate realization that he needs human companionship.
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- classical in formformally daring
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- Author
- Jean Craighead George
- First published
- June 23, 1975
- Pages
- 177
- Publisher
- Red Fox, Bodley Head, Perfection Learning Prebound
- Editions
- 45
- Language
- Chinese, Spanish, und, English
- ISBN
- 9780142401118
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“On Sunday morning Leo Nolan was sprawled on the floor of the living room reading the Sunday comics.”
Jean Craighead was born in Washington. Her parents and extended family were naturalists, and she spent weekends during her childhood camping out in the woods, studying nature, foraging, and fishing. Her first pet was a turkey vulture. In 1940, George graduated from Pennsylvania State University with degrees in both English and Science. She became a reporter for The Washington Post and was a member of the White House Press Corps. In 1944 she married John Lothur George, and began writing novels with him which she illustrated. She divorced in 1963. In 1960 she received a Newbery Honor for *My Side of the Mountain*. In 1969, she went to work for *Readers Digest* as a writer and editor. She has w
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