[bksvol-discuss] Book Submitted: The World of the Bobcat

From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <guidinggolden@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2013 18:37:57 -0500
Hi everyone here is another book for someone's proofing pleasure.  The site 
seems to be liking me today smile.

Although this book is now 50 years old, it is still a great book full of great 
observations and facts about the bobcat.

Please contact me if you have any questions.

  ISBN:


  Title:
  The Wrold of the Bobcat (Living World Book)


  Author(s):
  JOE VAN WORMER


  Publisher:
  J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY 


  Copyright Date:
  1963


  Copyrighted By:
  JOE VAN WORMER AND JOHN K. TERRES 


  Brief Synopsis:
  The author describes stories and experiences he has had with this one of the 
smaller wild cats on North Americ


  Long Synopsis:
  Can anybody really "lick his weight in wildcats?" Never, says Joe Van Wormer 
in this magnificent photo-and- text study of Lynx rufus, better known as the 
bobcat, or wildcat. In fact, he says, it is extremely doubtful that a 200-pound 
man could handle the average bobcat, which weighs less than 20 pounds. The 
bobcat is an elusive and secretive creature, and although he often lives close 
to civilization, it is impossible to make any prolonged observation of him in 
the wild. Joe Van Wormer, however, has observed bobcats' dens and followed 
their trails. He has talked to many people who hunt or own them. He has known a 
number of domesticated bobcats and has encountered many wild ones, often with 
the treed cat crouching on one limb and himself, with camera, on another only 
six or eight feet away. What is the family unit of the bobcat? Where does he 
live and what does he eat? How does he feel about humans? About his cousin, the 
house cat? Who are his natural enemies? The informal text and breath-taking 
photographs are a revelation of the temperament, habits, and lives of these 
strikingly beautiful nocturnal creatures - whose yellowish eyes, it was once 
believed, could see through wood and stone. "People say that cats are 
treacherous," says the author. "This is a human evaluation and has no validity 
as a description of a cat. A bobcat is a bobcat-and a wonderfully efficient 
hunting animal he is." 


  Comments:
  Has been read through, should be an easy proof, some page numbers needed 
added. captions are labeled. contact me if you have any questions, great book 
even for its age. juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx


  Adult content:
  No


  Language:
  English US 


  Book Quality:
  EXCELLENT


  Categories:
  Science, Outdoors and Nature, Nonfiction, Animals 


  B4E Significant:
  No


  SFWA Challenged:
  No




Shelley L. Rhodes, M.A. CVRT
and Ludden black Labrador Guide Dog.

The cure for anything is salt water -- sweat, tears, or the sea. -Isak Dinesen 
(pen name of Karen Blixen), author (1885-1962)
[bksvol-discuss] Book Submitted: The World of the Bobcat

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