Bannertail: The Story of a Graysquirrel
by Ernest Thompson Seton
About this book
A baby squirrel is adopted by a farm cat after his mother is killed, but when he is half-grown the barn which is his home catches fire. He flees into the woods, where he learns to survive and make a new life. - Summary by Wikipedia
Chapters (37)
1I. The Foundling
2II. His Kittenhood
3III. The Red Horror
4IV. The New and Lonely Life
5V. The Fluffing of His Tail
6VI. The First Nut Crop
7VII. The Sun Song of Bannertail
8VIII. The Cold Sleep
9IX. The Balking of Fire-eyes
10X. Redsquirrel, the Scold of the Woods
11XI. Bannertail and the Echo Voice
12XII. The Courting of Silvergray
13XIII. The Home in the High Hickory
14XIV. New Rivals
15XV. Bachelor Life Again
16XVI. The Warden Meets an Invader
17XVII. The Hoodoo on the Home
18XVIII. The New Home
19XIX. The Moving of the Young
20XX. The Coming-out Party
21XXI. Nursery Days of the Young Ones
22XXII. Cray Hunts for Trouble
23XXIII. The Little Squirrels Go to School
24XXIV. The Lopping of the Wayward Branch
25XXV. Bannertail Falls into a Snare
26XXVI. The Addict
27XXVII. The Dregs of the Cup
28XXVIII. The Way of Destruction
29XXIX. Mother Carey's Lash
30XXX. His Awakening
31XXXI. The Unwritten Law
32XXXII. Squirrel Games
33XXXIII. When Bannertail Was Scarred for Life
34XXXIV. The Fight with the Black Demon
35XXXV. The Property Law among Animals
36XXXVI. Gathering the Great Nut Harvest
37XXXVII. And To-day
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