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This book was salvaged from the Poole Freecycle network in Dorset and has been read by my Gran before adding to BookCrossing

9 October 2012: I got the book together with a lot of other Joyce Stranger-books from timcorke. Thank you very much.

6 March 2013: I finally read the little book and must admit that I liked the story. I hate it when men hunt animals but in this book the hunted foxes are very clever. The story is exciting and well written.

Blurb: The magic is of foxes running wild over the Cumberland Hills, of an otter cub adopted by a poacher, of young hounds caught in a badger-run, and of dour lakeland farmers who hunt on foot and are out-witted and out-run by a vixen and her cubs.
It is the enchantment of a swiftly-passing England, an England of countrymen and stone-walled cottages. And it is the magic of an era that, in the hills and tarns of Cumberland, has not entirely died.

The book is on the way to Bookworm-lady (Spain) in company with some other little things about animals.

Thank you very much, PrincessRainbow!
The book is here, together with a bag full of lovely animal-related surprises.
Thanks for your kindness! :)

Sent today to Jackie300, in U.S.A.
Thanks for "adopting" it, and enjoy!!

What a nice treat to come home to after a long day at work! Thank you for letting me "adopt " your book. I promise to take good care of it :-)

This book was buried in my overflowing bookcase, and I just recently unearthed it. What a find! I loved the story, although initially I had reservations about reading it because I thought it might be disturbing in parts. It's touching and heartwarming, particularly at the end (I won't spoil it for the next reader).

Belated thanks to Bookworm-lady for sharing this book with me. I'm going to offer it as a RABCK because it deserves to be read.

RABCK sent to jmsmom - Enjoy the book!

Released as part of the KTM (Keep Them Moving) challenge

Received today from Jackie700. Thank you!

A different kind of book. A quick read.

sent in Meekachu07's surprise paperback bookbox.

Chosen from the Surprise Paperback box; I thought it looked intriguing as it appears to have been written from the perspective of animals (foxes primarily). Maybe an afternoon's delightful reading.

This is the story of a family of foxes (a mother and her two children, Rufus and Rusty) and a small village in Great Britain. The interactions between the foxes and the citizens are interesting. The hounds who chase the foxes (fox hunts) are often thrown off by the cleverness of the mother, who is teaching her kits how to survive on their own.

Life in the small village (Hortonmere) is not always pleasant for its citizens as they battle to keep their crops and livestock from being destroyed. Flooding and rough weather all contribute to the difficulties of these villagers' lives, but the hunt is a social event as well.

Loved the cleverness of the vixen and how one elderly man, Jasper, secretly roots for the foxes as he sits in his corner of the Black Swan pub. The story is representative of the life being led in Cumberland, England during a time when men hunted on foot with the help of their dogs.
Not sure if this is a children's or adult book...it was difficult to tell especially considering the vocabulary.

"No two persons ever read the same book."--Edmund Wilson

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Added to the Surprise Book Box; not sure where it will end up, but for now it is heading toward Newalla, OK.

Chosen from the surprise Book Box.

Can't believe I'd never read this. Nice little book. Easy read, written in the 1960s.

I released this at the Random Road Little Free Library.