White Fang
Registered by swan-scot of Inverness, Scotland United Kingdom on 4/3/2003
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
2 journalers for this copy...
A classic tale of a wild animal who is the offspring of an wolf-dog and a wolf. After he has endured much cruelty and torment, his ferocity is tamed by human kindness.
This was one of my favourite 'animal stories' as a child. I picked up this copy at a local charity shop to release.
This was one of my favourite 'animal stories' as a child. I picked up this copy at a local charity shop to release.
Released on Friday, April 11, 2003 at Ryvoan bothy, near Glenmore in Aviemore, Highlands Scotland. I left this in the unlocked bothy on the track from Glenmore to Nethy Bridge, when cycling through the pass today. It's a lovely wee bothy that makes a good place to stop for a cuppa - if you've brought a flask!
I know this is a children’s book, but this bothy is relatively close to ‘civilisation’ , and the pass is often walked by young people on challenges such as the Duke of Edinburgh Silver or Gold Awards.
Part of my Books in Bothies Project ~ see my bookshelf
Journal Entry 3 by mountainmalcolm from Inverness, Scotland United Kingdom on Friday, April 18, 2003
I found the book at Ryvoan Bothy on the afternoon of 18th April 2003. I was out hill walking with my wife, my youngest son and our dog. I have a fasination for books about the Atctic and sledge dogs in particular. I have just read "Winterdance" and can thoroughly recommend it.
I am going to do something special with this book as I have heard of the scheme but this is the first time I have ever found a book. A wonderful concept - well done.
22/4/03
Well, I have just finished White Fang and despatched it via my daughter to the USA. She is travelling in the Staes this summer and intends to drop the book of at an appropriate spot.
Being totally honest I did not greatly enjoy White fang - I wanted too but found the Victorian language and elements of the composition grating.
I have read a fair bit about wolves and the natural history of the species that I have read did not fully accord with Jack London's dramatisation of their behaviour. Farley Mowat's Never Cry Wolf or Barry Lopez's Of Wolves and Men strike me as more representative of the reality of wolf ecology. I read the novel Loup for a holiday filler once and it had more resonence than London. Perhaps I expected too much of the book - it is a hundred years old after all. I also felt that the plot piece of the clever Indian falling under the spell of the White Man's demon drink was too trite and contrived and more than a little condescending - to say the least. The previous description of the Indian's abilities and behaviour did not seem to describe somebody who would be so easily duped.
If you ever get the chance to read any of the wildlife writings of the late David Stephen do so. He actually kept a couple of European Timber Wolves as a study. He had a fund of stories on what they taught him and was not at all sentimental about them. He realised their potenial and lived with it.
My daughter and her flat mates are interested in the Bookcrossing concept and you may have some new converts soon.
I am going to do something special with this book as I have heard of the scheme but this is the first time I have ever found a book. A wonderful concept - well done.
22/4/03
Well, I have just finished White Fang and despatched it via my daughter to the USA. She is travelling in the Staes this summer and intends to drop the book of at an appropriate spot.
Being totally honest I did not greatly enjoy White fang - I wanted too but found the Victorian language and elements of the composition grating.
I have read a fair bit about wolves and the natural history of the species that I have read did not fully accord with Jack London's dramatisation of their behaviour. Farley Mowat's Never Cry Wolf or Barry Lopez's Of Wolves and Men strike me as more representative of the reality of wolf ecology. I read the novel Loup for a holiday filler once and it had more resonence than London. Perhaps I expected too much of the book - it is a hundred years old after all. I also felt that the plot piece of the clever Indian falling under the spell of the White Man's demon drink was too trite and contrived and more than a little condescending - to say the least. The previous description of the Indian's abilities and behaviour did not seem to describe somebody who would be so easily duped.
If you ever get the chance to read any of the wildlife writings of the late David Stephen do so. He actually kept a couple of European Timber Wolves as a study. He had a fund of stories on what they taught him and was not at all sentimental about them. He realised their potenial and lived with it.
My daughter and her flat mates are interested in the Bookcrossing concept and you may have some new converts soon.
Mountainmalcolm, I usually like to send a wee PM (private message) to my 'finders', but since you don't have the PM facility enabled, I'll write to you here and hope you see this when you come back to write another journal entry.
Thank you for taking the time to come here to journal the book you found. And thank you for being curious/brave enough to pick up the book and look inside! That's more than many people do!
I hope you enjoy the book; you sound like you will, with your love for the Arctic and for dogs.
If you are a keen reader, you may wish join in the fun of bookcrossing; that is leaving books for others to find. It really is a good feeling when one of your books is found. :-) This site is very straightforward to negotiate and you'll find lots of helpful hints on 'releasing books in the wild', but if you have any questions please do contact me by PM. I'd love to get more active Inversneckie members!
Happy Easter and happy reading!
Thank you for taking the time to come here to journal the book you found. And thank you for being curious/brave enough to pick up the book and look inside! That's more than many people do!
I hope you enjoy the book; you sound like you will, with your love for the Arctic and for dogs.
If you are a keen reader, you may wish join in the fun of bookcrossing; that is leaving books for others to find. It really is a good feeling when one of your books is found. :-) This site is very straightforward to negotiate and you'll find lots of helpful hints on 'releasing books in the wild', but if you have any questions please do contact me by PM. I'd love to get more active Inversneckie members!
Happy Easter and happy reading!
Journal Entry 5 by mountainmalcolm at Public gardens at the end of the Via Krupp in Capri, Campania Italy on Tuesday, August 5, 2003
Released on Sunday, August 03, 2003 at Public gardens at the end of the Via Krupp in Capri, Campania Italy.
My daughter took the book to the USA but never found a suitable oppertunity to release it! We took the book on holiday to the Bay of Naples and decided to release it in the park which is the most fantastic view point over looking Anacapri and the Bay of Sorrento.
The park was full of folk from many nations and hopefully it will journey on from there.
As a foot note on the smallness of the world and the serendipity of travel; in a garden high above Amalfi we were asked to take a photograph of an American couple - the lady was born 15 minutes from where we have friends in Milford, Mass.!
My daughter took the book to the USA but never found a suitable oppertunity to release it! We took the book on holiday to the Bay of Naples and decided to release it in the park which is the most fantastic view point over looking Anacapri and the Bay of Sorrento.
The park was full of folk from many nations and hopefully it will journey on from there.
As a foot note on the smallness of the world and the serendipity of travel; in a garden high above Amalfi we were asked to take a photograph of an American couple - the lady was born 15 minutes from where we have friends in Milford, Mass.!
