FUR, FIN AND FEATHERS. By Chet Schwarzkopf. Illustrated by Dimitri N. Alexandroff.

1954 1st edition. 8vo (142 x 208mm). Ppx,149. B/w illustrations by Dimitri N. Alexandroff. Red cloth, spine titled in black.

"The giant cutthroat trout's life and death struggle with the angler's hook; a furious great horned owl, trapped in a chicken coop; an injured raccoon seeking food and refuge - these and other dramatic moments in nature's kingdom come vividly to life in the pages of this unusual collection of stories. The background for these stories is the Giant Redwood country of northern California. In this timbered empire dramas of wild life are taking place continually, but most of us have never seen them. Chet Schwarzkopf has - and all of these stories are a result of his observation, a distillation of his years spent in the great outdoors he knows and loves. Mr. Schwarzkopf brings to these stories, too, a respect for the wild creatures who people the redwood region and a great scorn for those who would kill ruthlessly and decimate the far-flung heritage of game and forest that has been given this country".