George, Jean Craighead, 1919-

Frightful's mountain / written and illustrated by Jean Craighead George ; with a foreword by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. - 1st ed. - New York : Dutton Children's Books, c1999. - xii, 258 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

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.

ISBN: 0525461663

LCCN: 99032932

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Peregrine falcon--Fiction.
Falcons--Fiction.
Wildlife conservation--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
New York (State)--Fiction.

LC Class. No.: PZ10.3.G316 / Fr 1999

Dewey Class. No.: [Fic]