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The third volume of the Club's Acorn series, Trail and Camp Fire, follows suit with its predecessors featuring, hunting stories and adventure in North America, as well as, Africa. Along with the hunting stories, this volume, also includes, expanded text on the natural history of North American game and forest preservation. Additional chapters about the Adirondack Deer Law and the origin of the New York Zoological Society are, also included, with a...
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Originally published in 1904 and remastered by the Boone and Crockett Club in 2012. This fourth book in the acclaimed Acorn Series includes, a collection of unique hunting adventures by Members of the Boone and Crockett Club. It includes chapters by Theodore Roosevelt on our Wilderness Preserves, the zoology of North American big game, five hunting stories on big game shooting in Alaska by James H. Kidder, editor George Bird Grinnell provides, a detailed...
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Originally published in 1895 and remastered by the Boone and Crockett Club in 2012. This second volume in the Club's Acorn series features unique hunting adventures from around the world by members of the Boone and Crockett Club. It includes Theodore Roosevelt on hunting in cattle country, Henry T. Allen tells of wolf hunting in Russia. W.A. Chambers reviews East African hunting. W.W. Rockhill writes about big game of Mongolia and Tibet. And, many...
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Captain Acorn is back and with more adventures than ever! With old friends and new faces, the fearless, seafaring squirrel is taking the Golden Acorn to uncharted waters. Whether it's a misunderstanding with orcas, a dangerously hyper crewmember, or a particularly grumpy hippo, Captain Acorn is ready for anything so long as she has her trusty friends, beloved ship, and just a little bit of luck.
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It's not every day that a squirrel takes to the sea on her own ship, but the fearless Captain Acorn lives for adventure. Whether it's buried treasure, massive storms, or the occasional hamster with a grudge, Acorn and her faithful crew are up to the challenge. Adventures like these don't happen everyday, but then, Captain Acorn is not an everyday squirrel.
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Michael McCray has both his CPA and his law degree, and yet, in the mid 1990's, those became obsolete when he was met with a decision that changed his life forever. That's when he became a whistle blower. At the time, he was working at the United States Department of Agriculture, overseeing a Federal Empowerment Zone in Mississippi for the Clinton White House. There, McCray says he discovered mismanagement and corruption involving the main bureaucrats...
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The US government has been secretly experimenting with genetic modifications in animals to create a super weapon: a spy incapable of detection who can gather intel in any location. Altered to be able to understand human languages and communicate via computer devices with their human counterparts, the experiments involving highly-intelligent Eurasian red squirrels are a scientific success. After repeated drone failures compromise the safety of military...
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2021.
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Winter has come to the Fairy Forest, and best friends Ruby, Iris, and Pip are eager to sample all the winter activities available like making snow fairies, sledding, and brewing snowflake tea--and building a simple greenhouse so Pip can start his garden despite the snow.
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Fox siblings Fritz and Franny, and their patient dog Fred, are at the amusement park squabbling about which ride is fastest and loudest--but when they are confronted by the biggest, tallest, and loudest roller coaster they decide that maybe Fred would prefer something not quite so scary.
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It is time for bed but fox siblings Franny and Fritz are arguing over which is the best bed: the upper bunk or the lower; they try switching but ultimately decide that the very best bed is Fred the dog's bed--so that is where they all curl up to sleep.
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Princess Truly (An Acorn Book) volume 8
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2023.
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In three rhyming stories, Princess Truly helps her friend pack for her moving day, cleans up the park with her pug, Sir Noodles, and helps a farmer get his tractor keys back from a crow.
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"Told in rhyming text, Dog and Frogs are enjoying riding a log in the pond, but then Hog comes along and is not willing to share the log, or the lunch Dog has made. Hog wants it all, so Dog and Frogs need to teach Hog a lesson about friendship and sharing"--
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