Front cover is embossed with a mounted moosehead. MISSING 2 of 20 monochrome plates. A gift inscription from 1928 in ink can be removed on request, all pages uniformly tanned; very little foxing.. Illustrated end papers. 15 strirring short stories illustrative of life in the American back woods.

Contents

• The Vagrants of the Barren
• MacPhairrson’s Happy Family
• On Big Lonely
• From Buck to Bear and Back
• In The Deep of the Snow
• The Gentling of Red McWha
• Melindy and the Lynxes
• Mrs. Gammit’s Pig
• The Blackwater Pot
• The Iron Edge of Winter
• The Grip in Deep Hole
• The Nest of the Mallard
• Mrs. Gammit and the Porcupines
• The Battle in the Mist
• Melindy and the Spring Bear