Thanks to Stephen Miller for helping us fill out our database with this classic children’s literature title, The Fox and the Hound, by Daniel P. Mannix. Stephen’s review of it at his Travels with Tio website.
“The Fox and the Hound” is perhaps the best animal story I’ve ever experienced. It’s author, Daniel Pratt Mannix (1911-1997), was an American journalist, photographer, film maker, sideshow performer, animal trainer, and brilliant writer. His books cover a wide diversity of subjects with titles including “Memoirs of a Sword Swallower,” and “The Backyard Zoo.” His animal stories were lauded for the unique voices he gave his characters. These stories foretold the environmental consequences of human interference with the balance of the Natural world.
Goodreads Reviews
4.3 rating based on 1,257 ratings (all editions)
ISBN-10: 0671772724
ISBN-13: 9780671772727
Goodreads: 1322303
Author(s): Publisher: Pocket Books
Published: 9/11/1967
An intelligent and cunning red fox becomes the valued prey of a half-bloodhound tracker and his master who make it their lifelong goal to end the life of the elusive fox.
Does anyone know the value of a first edition of this book? I have it sitting on my bookshelf now.
I would check with a book dealer.