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Scientificallly, accurate, semifictional accounts of a wild animal's "year" are universally popular. Hope Ryden, author of "God's Dog" and "America's Last Wild Horses," has raised the genre to new heights in this dramatic story of two bobcat families. It is a brilliant synthesis, drawn from three years' study of both wild and captive animals.
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Jan 1, 1990 · Ms. Ryden's study of the bobcat became a great challenge to document effectively. She spent time observing members of the species in many locations, with varying success, and returned with a great deal of knowledge but no straight-forward way to present it. I found her solution worked quite well, despite my initial skepticism.
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Of this tedious experience she says, "Even astronauts have company." Once she was accepted by a bobcat and allowed to go along on a nightly hunt. She isn't sure why she was tolerated, but says, "I tried to imagine I was an oversized kitten being shown the ropes." To illustrate her lively talks, she uses slides and videos of rarely seen behavior.
For this photo-illustrated, fictionalized animal biography, Ryden assimilates her extensive observation of wild and captive bobcats with a thorough knowledge of the literature on cats and bobcats. The result is a narrative of exceptional vitality, full of individual situations and reactions that lift this above the ""typical"" composite yet illustrate behavior patterns common to the species ...
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Hope Elaine Ryden (August 1, 1929 – June 18, 2017) was an American documentary producer and wildlife activist. She contributed to various publications including National Geographic, Audubon, Smithsonian, Defenders and The New York Times. [1] She specialized in photographing animals such as beavers and coyotes across North America.
