Books with title The Mountain Lion: A Novel

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1959 Stated 1st Edition Hardcover. Good/ No DJ. Gus Tavo, pseud. of Gustave Ivan & Martha Ivan. 209 pgs; illustrated by Brinton Turkle. Illustration on pg 37 has been partially colored and stain imprint to pg 36. Blue cloth Pictorial Cover. Shelf wear to edges, corners and spine. Corners rounded. Boards are very lightly soiled. Very tight binding. Flyleaf synopsis has been pasted to fpd. Chipped fpd. A couple of dog-eared corners. Pages are generally crisp and unmarked expect for items mentioned above. A little age toning. Ex-lib. Library labels, stamps, and markings.

I have been intrigued with mountain lions since I was a little girl and my mamaw told me the story of her Granny Chappell running away from a mountain lion that chased her. Granny Chappell was a pioneer. She went out west with her husband to obtain free land and farm. She was walking across the prairie when a mountain lion started after her and she started to run. We know now that you should not run away from any wild animal. Experts on the subject say you should make yourself look as big as possible and make a lot of loud noise. A friend saw her running and the mountain lion behind her running but he was so far across the prairie he could not get to her in time to help her so he said he just said RUN FAN RUN!! They called my Granny Chappell Fan. Well….she made it to the entrance of the cabin and collapsed from exhaustion. I have always thought that I come from a strong stock of women. Women who go do daring things like pioneer AND RUN FROM MOUNTAIN LIONS AND LIVE! These things make my day seem a little easier. So of course I was the first to ask questions when I heard about our neighbors the Hemrics on Hemric Mountain sighting a mountain lion. In fact I went to investigate. I talked Vonda Hemric who informed me of all the sightings and even allowed my husband and I to place a trail camera near where they were sighting the mountain lion. I decided to write this children’s story for fun but the mountain lion sightings I tell about in the book are true. I hope to be able to place a trail camera picture of the mountain lion at the end of this book upon completion of the book!

Excerpt from The Sea-Lion a NovelSybil's father was an old friend of Lady Ripley's, and she could have been as a daughter to the childless house if she had cared to take that place. As it was, she was constantly there, and knew all the habitués of their set. Her partner of this evening was certainly a new importa tion and from something in Lady Ripley's manner towards him, Sybil gathered that she wished to disclaim all hand in his introduction.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.

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