Four-Footed Americans and Their Kin (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Mabel Osgood Wright

 
9781331550372: Four-Footed Americans and Their Kin (Classic Reprint)

Synopsis

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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. This text has been digitally restored from a historical edition. Some errors may persist, however we consider it worth publishing due to the work's historical value.The digital edition of all books may be viewed on our website before purchase.

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Orchard Farm and Twenty Miles around. TIME: Fall until Spring. CHARACTERS: Dr. Roy Hunter, a naturalist. Olive, the Doctor sdaughter. Nat and Dodo, the Doctor snephew and niece. Mr. and Mrs. Blake, the parents of Nat and Dodo. Rap, a lame country boy. Mammy Bun, an old colored nurse and cook. Rod, the farmer. Olaf, a sailor and fisherman. Nez Long, a charcoal burner and woodsman. Toinette, Nez wife. Quick, a fox terrier. Mr. Wolf, a St. Bernard dog. Explanation. Dr. Hunter, after travelling for many years, returned to his old home at Orchard Farm, with his daughter Olive, aged seventeen, and Mammy Bun. He invited Nat and Dodo, who had always lived in the city, to spend the summer with him, so that they might learn about outdoor things, and told them the story of the birds. Mr. and Mrs. Blake came for the children in the autumn, and tliey expected to return to the city to school; but Dr. Hunter, who was always making delightful surprises, arranged for the whole family to spend the winter at the Farm. What they did, and how they became acquainted with the Fourfooted A mericans, is told in this story.
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This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

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