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Early printing. Wonderful large format, vintage children's book - The title story is that of Honk A Tonk, a wild goose, who migrates south every winter from the St. Lawrence River to the rich lagoons of the Gulf of Mexico, and has many adventures along the way - including being shot down on one trip. Other stories are about Chinook, the Cinnamon Cub and his Sister Snookie, in the rich Oregon woods, with Cougar, the mountain lion, Paddy Paws, the bobcat, and Mazama, the mysterious owl. OWritten against a background of natural science of interest to adults as well as younger readers.' Photographic frontispiece, oversized pages have decorative margins, 133 pp. Very good in a fair only dust jacket (gift inscription dated 1939 on front endpaper, dustjacket is separated into 2 pieces along the side of the spine, has 2 large chips on the front cover, and another on the spine - although most of the wonderful illustration by Maywill Dudley is still there) .

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