Running Foxes - Softcover

Stranger, Joyce

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0285633937 ISBN 13: 9780285633933

Publisher: Souvenir Press, 1997

Synopsis

Originally published in 1965, and republished with the original drawings, a novel set in the Cumbrian fells, telling of country people, their way of life and the animals they love, focusing on a vixen and her cubs. From the author of THE HILLS ARE LONELY, A CRY ON THE WIND and THE GUARDIANS OF STAGHILL.

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From the Author

This is about the bond between a hound pack and their owners
This book deals with a Lakeland village in the 1950s, when men hunted with their hounds on foot. This is village life, with the pack forming a bond, as each man owns his own hound. There is Jasper, who they consider too old to be part of it, but when two of the hounds get into trouble, trapped down a badger run, it is Jasper who comes to the rescue with his dog. The vixen who forms the main part of the story, is so wily and cunning that she passes on her lore to her offspring. The hunt is led a merry dance during the season. Much of this comes from staying in an inn in the Lakes where the men met after the hunt and I listened to their conversations. Also my own wildlife observations from hides in remote parts of Scotland, Ireland and Wales as well as England, and from my childhood, when animals and birds were far more plentiful than now...I rarely went out on a country walk without seeing foxes and hares. It was a bestseller in the UK and the USA and was reviewed by the Sunday Express as 'a novel with a most curious magic.'

Edition details

• Publisher: Souvenir Press
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0285633937
• ISBN 13: 9780285633933
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128