Books with author Conrad Buff

As in "Dash and Dart", the classic story of twin fawns, simple rhythmic sentences convey the mood and movement and beauty of forest life through the season. Dash i now a handsome three-year-old Buck, and has become the rival of Old Horn, who still reigns as king of the forest. the two bucks have fought many battles, and always the younger one has been defeated: only at the time of year when all the bucks have shed their antlers are Dash and Old Horn at peace with each other. but winter passes and spring brings a surge of new life--and Dash wins his place as leader of the herd. "As he struts through the tall grasses Of fallen log meadow, they follow him humbly. He is now their king. He is now king of the forest, as he always hoped he might be, One day."

The year is 1291, and Walter is the twelve-year-old son of William Tell, the greatest bowman in the land of Uri. Walter lives happily in the remote heights of the Alpine Mountains, caring for his family’s goat herd and practicing his marksmanship in the hopes of making his father proud. But as the end of the year approaches, Walter’s peaceful life is shaken as his country enters a revolution, and Walter must carry a secret that could threaten the life of the father he loves so dearly. More than seven hundred years have passed since the day Walter stood in the marketplace balancing an apple on his head while the Austrian tyrant Gessler commanded Walter’s father, William Tell, to take aim at the apple with his great crossbow. The dramatic tale of William’s arrest and escape and the daring revolt of the Swiss against the Austrians has become a legend around the world.

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