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Sto caricando le informazioni... Midnight (1940)di Rutherford Montgomery
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Like many of the genre, the story of Midnight starts before his birth or even conception, and lays the basis for a satisfying and entertaining read. We have the conflict between the squatter and the big rancher, the difference of ideals between the foreman and his boss, and the fascinating world of wildlife, which the author portrays so well, we could be there in the meadows and canyons of the North American southwest. The author tells the stories of the animals in a way that is not often seen in this type of literature: frank and without romantic embellishment, letting us get a glimpse of the real wilderness and its inhabitants as they struggle to survive predators, weather, drought, and the preditations of man. Never preachy, Rutherford Montgomery just tells us the way it is, and leaves us richer for the experience. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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I was skeptical of this story at first, but it turned out to be pretty good in the end. While it has a lot of vivid descriptions of the scenery, weather and interactions of various wildlife, much of the animal behavior is exaggerated or downright inaccurate and had me rolling my eyes. For example, wolves don't hamstring their prey, and the mating behavior of bears described in here made me laugh outright, it was so ludicrous. It's obviously written to be exciting for young readers, with a lot of vicious battles between wild animals for survival, and sensational scenes. The young black horse fights off (at different times) wolves, cougars and a bald eagle, survives an encounter with a bear, and battles another stallion on the edge of a cliff. But then many depictions of how the wild horses live, elk in the rutting season, mule deer interacting with the mare and her colt, are very nicely done. I really found the final third of the book more interesting, when the young stallion had taken over the band but obviously did not know how to lead the mares, and had to face his human opponent.
I happened to like the ending, particularly because it had some unexpected outcomes.
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