Project Gutenberg 2025-04-18 Public domain in the USA. 318 Williamson, Henry 1895 1977 Tonson, Jacob Madison, William Williamson, Harry Fortescue, J. W. (John William), Sir 1859 1933 Fortescue, John William, Sir 28004104 Tarka the otter : $b his joyful water-life and death in the country of the two rivers $aUnited States :$bE. P. Dutton & Company, $c1928. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarka_the_Otter Emmanuel Ackerman, Hendrik Kaiber and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) “Tarka the Otter: His Joyful Water-Life and Death in the Country of the Two Rivers” by Henry Williamson is a novel written in the early 20th century. The book centers on the life of Tarka, an otter, following his adventures and struggles in the rivers, meadows, and woodlands of rural England. The story is told from the animal’s perspective, offering detailed observations of otter behavior and the natural world, while also depicting the challenges faced by wildlife in a landscape shaped by both nature and humans. Readers can expect a vivid and immersive account of animal life, full of beauty and peril, without a sentimental or anthropomorphic approach. The opening of “Tarka the Otter” introduces the reader to the richly described river landscape, where otters and other animals live among the changing rhythms of water, weather, and hunting. The story begins with Tarka’s mother, recently hunted by hounds, as she finds refuge and gives birth to her first litter, including Tarka. Through lyrical and precise prose, Williamson follows the early months of Tarka's life—from his first moments as a blind cub, learning to explore the world, to his tentative steps into water and encounters with other wildlife. The narrative details both the joys of play and the persistent dangers—such as predatory birds, hunting dogs, and human-set traps—that threaten otter life. This beginning section paints a vivid and unsentimental picture of the natural world, alive with its cycles of survival, predation, and discovery. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015014457470 20240602065917williamson 1928 us Reading ease score: 84.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Devon (England) -- Fiction Nature -- Fiction Otters -- Fiction Stream animals -- Fiction PR Text Category: Novels Category: British Literature Category: Nature/Gardening/Animals 534854 2025-07-04T15:00:09.618354 text/html 510604 2025-07-04T10:53:52 text/html 1476277 2025-07-04T15:00:26.129790 application/epub+zip 1473101 2025-07-04T15:00:16.826862 application/epub+zip 324821 2025-07-04T15:00:12.022314 application/epub+zip 1900278 2025-07-04T15:00:34.557736 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1838225 2025-07-04T15:00:25.496804 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 406553 2025-07-04T15:00:08.946366 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 379898 2025-07-04T10:53:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17971 2025-07-04T15:00:34.717709 application/rdf+xml 10611 2025-07-04T15:00:16.274325 image/jpeg 1605 2025-07-04T15:00:16.175308 image/jpeg 1690020 2025-07-04T15:00:09.712344 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia