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Author:

George, Jean Craighead, 1919-

Title:

Frightful's mountain / written and illustrated by Jean Craighead George ; with a foreword by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

Publisher:

Scholastic,

Copyright Date:

2001, c1999

Description:

xii, 258 p. : ill., map ; 18 cm.

Subject:

Peregrine falcon.--Juvenile fiction.
Falcons.--Juvenile fiction.
Wildlife conservation--New York (State)--Juvenile fiction.
Falcons.--Fiction.
Wildlife conservation.--Fiction.
New York (State).--Juvenile fiction.
New York (State).--Fiction.

Notes:

"This edition is only available for distribution through the school market"--P. [4] of cover.

Summary:

As she grows through the first years of her life in the Catskill Mountains of New York, a peregrine falcon named Frightful interacts with various humans, including the boy who raised her, a falconer who rescues her, and several unscrupulous poachers, as well as with many animals that are part of the area's ecological balance.

ISBN:

9780439329156 (pbk.) :
0439329159 (pbk.) :

OCLC:

(OCoLC)48070998

Locations:

LEPI975 -- Woodbury County Library (Moville)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)