Frightful's mountain
By: written and illustrated by Jean Craighead George ; with a foreword by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Dutton Children's Books
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
Subjects: Peregrine falcon -- Juvenile fiction; Falcons -- Juvenile fiction; Wildlife conservation -- Juvenile fiction; New York (State) -- Juvenile fiction
Genres: Juvenile fiction
Description: As she grows through the first years of her life in the Catskill Mountains of New York, a peregrine falcon called Frightful interacts with various humans, including the boy who raised her, a falconer who rescues her, and several unscrupulous poachers, as well as with many animals that are part of the area's ecological balance.