Description
| Product ID: | 9780141190358 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
| Title: | Tarka the Otter |
| Authors: | Author: Henry Williamson |
| Page Count: | 208 |
| Subjects: | Children’s / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories, Animal stories (Children's / Teenage) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating In the wild there is no safety. The otter cub Tarka grows up with his mother and sisters, learning to swim, catch fish, to fear the cry of the hunter and the flash of the metal trap. Soon he must fend for himself always on the run. Eventually, chased by a pack of hounds, he meets his nemesis, the fearsome dog Deadlock, and must fight for his life. In the wild there is no safety. The otter cub Tarka grows up with his mother and sisters, learning to swim, catch fish - and to fear the cry of the hunter and the flash of the metal trap. Soon he must fend for himself, travelling through rivers, woods, moors, ponds and out to sea, sometimes with the female otters White-tip and Greymuzzle, always on the run. Eventually, chased by a pack of hounds, he meets his nemesis, the fearsome dog Deadlock, and must fight for his life. |
| Imprint Name: | Penguin Classics |
| Publisher Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2009-05-07 |
