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The Trail Book Mary Hunter Austin 9781374834095 Books
This is a review mostly of the format the book came in, the plain green cover version. This version is a facsimile print of what appears to be the Project Gutenberg version, minus the illustrations. I thought it was amazingly cheap for a book, and now I see why. The very long lines of small type make it a rather challenging read. It would be much better with the large size of page, to have it in two columns. The advantage of a print book, as far as I am concerned, is that it is much easier to read than something electronic. To its credit, the book is very well made and a bargain at the price. I also miss the beautiful illustrations. The Gutenberg online version has the detailed, period line drawings and also color illustrations. I would recommend this if you really want something in print, or perhaps to read aloud. I found it somewhat disappointing. The story itself is very enchanting. I wish it was just not such a chore to read in this format. Here are the illustrations, if you have purchased this version as well…. http://www.gutenberg.org/files/9913/9913-h/9913-h.htmProduct details
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The Trail Book Mary Hunter Austin 9781374834095 Books Reviews
Anything by Mary Austin is a good read, and I look forward to the Trail Book.
I'm using this book as a research book to get to know Mary Austin. She was an amazing woman that was far ahead of her time. I haven't finished the book, but have very much enjoyed what I've read.
This is not your modern view of walking the trails of some tame parkland. This author obviously walked the trails made by game animals, and perhaps the moccasins of a few of the original inhabitants of the land. But her description of the blizzard and the shelter with high mountain sheep makes me feel that she described the encounters in first person because she was there in the thick of it. No, it may not sound modern at all, but her descriptions made me wish I had seen it myself had I been around in those years before urbanization encroached upon nature and the wilderness life she described. Lovely book.
Published in 1918, The Trail Book takes place inside a natural history museum. (Although similar, the movie Night at the Museum was adapted from a book of the same name published in 1933...) Young Dorcas Jane and Oliver interact with museum displays as they come alive and teach them about the days before and shortly after the white men came to America. Lots of native American lore.
Continuing stories told by in turn a buffalo on the plains about the mound-builders, a mastodon in Florida, a coyote, a native American "corn woman" (includes Chihuahua trail to Rio Grande), Navajo salt trail, (including the Way Things Are), an elk takes them to Ohio/five nations and Lenni-Lenape, Onondaga/Iroquois Trail, a pelican discusses early explorers in the Cuthbert Rookery in florida, how the iron-shirts came to Tuscaloosa, the road-runner continues the story in the desert southwest, a condor takes them someplace northward (California?) for an account involving a padre and lastly to Cheyenne and Arapaho country. Explanatory appendix.
Fairly long for a children's story. Could be read to a child who is interested in the subject matter in installments but be prepared for a lot of unpronounceable names. Steeped in native American religious lore.
This edition of March 17, 2006 had the repeating editing issue of words run together, particularly italic expressions, but not limited to that. Removed one star because of this. Also, this version had the line-break issues that I have seen in just about every one of these public-domain books which is no big deal once you become accustomed to it.
This is a review mostly of the format the book came in, the plain green cover version. This version is a facsimile print of what appears to be the Project Gutenberg version, minus the illustrations. I thought it was amazingly cheap for a book, and now I see why. The very long lines of small type make it a rather challenging read. It would be much better with the large size of page, to have it in two columns. The advantage of a print book, as far as I am concerned, is that it is much easier to read than something electronic. To its credit, the book is very well made and a bargain at the price. I also miss the beautiful illustrations. The Gutenberg online version has the detailed, period line drawings and also color illustrations. I would recommend this if you really want something in print, or perhaps to read aloud. I found it somewhat disappointing. The story itself is very enchanting. I wish it was just not such a chore to read in this format. Here are the illustrations, if you have purchased this version as well…. http//www.gutenberg.org/files/9913/9913-h/9913-h.htm
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