Author : Emma-Lindsay Squier
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780365220145
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (21 download)
Book Synopsis The Wild Heart (Classic Reprint) by : Emma-Lindsay Squier
Download or read book The Wild Heart (Classic Reprint) written by Emma-Lindsay Squier and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2019-01-17 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Wild Heart The author of this book pronounces it very simple, having no literary style or value. Perhaps this estimate indi cates modesty on her part, but it is not the truth concerning the book. Thoreau once wrote: It takes two to speak the truth - one to speak and the other to hear. Those of us who have made our own path through the wilds know the truth when we hear it. The first law that can be laid down concerning any work worthy to be put into the hands of the public is the old law that every writer should write concerning matters of his own personal observation. When ever any writer follows this old rule, working with sincerity of heart, with inborn insight concerning his chosen subject, following the promptings of a simple human heart, and using a cer tain facility in the choice of words, which is a gift of God primarily, that author must evolve good work. Laying down these specifications as law which governs every masterpiece that ever has been produced, it will be observed that The Wild Heart follows them as naturally as water flows to the sea, pos sibly as unconsciously. To anyone who knows the fields and woods the book carries the conviction of truth. Those who do not know na ture will not believe many of these statements, because they have not learned that when one goes into the haunts of the wild calmly, fearlessly, absolutely in tune with Nature, one is perfectly safe. The pe0p1e who go to fraternize with the free creatures, to learn the secrets of Nature, to protect, to love, to fellowship with the wild, wear an invincible armor. Enos Mills will tell you that he tramps the Rocky Mountains for weeks at a time absolutely without a weapon. Arthur Heming will tell you that hetravels Canada from side to side, north and south, passing all kinds of wild creatures at all seasons and under any conditions, and nothing touches him. I can tell you that my face has been within two feet of a coiled rattlesnake ready to strike, but it did not strike. Two minutes later a man antagonistic to the wild passed the same location and immediately the snake disclosed itself and was ready to fight. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.
