This is one of my favorite books as a child and I discovered On the Far Side of the Mountain and Frightful’s Mountain only recently browsing through one of my favorite bookstores. The knowledge and experience I acquired from falconers have marked my life and made me a far more effective advocate on nature’s behalf.”
… I entered Millbrook upstate New York drawn by its informal falconry program…My experience as a young falconer accounts in large part for my lifelong devotion to raptors and my continued interest in natural history…My years as a falconer helped drive my own career choice as an environmental lawyer and advocate. Obsessed with falcons as I was from birth, I read My Side of the Mountainin 1964. “…I thought the Craighead’s might be the only family in America that was having more fun than the Kennedys.
If you ever truly wondered if books are living changing, I give you this forward by Robert F. My Side of the Mountain By Jean Craighead George
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