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The Training of Wild Animals
Frank Charles Bostock and Ellen Velvin
Step inside the cage with a professional lion tamer. Frank Bostock, a legendary showman, explains how wild animals are actually trained, fed, and housed, and how he learned the trade as a boy. Full of narrow escapes and hard-won craft, it demystifies a dangerous art. Learn how the big cats were mastered, from a man who did it himself.
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20 chapters
- 1THE TRAINING OF WILD ANIMALS
- 2CONTENTS
- 3LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- 4EDITOR’S NOTE
- 5PREFACE
- 6THE TRAINING OF WILD ANIMALS
- 7CHAPTER I IN WHICH I BECOME “THE BOY TRAINER”— A LION HUNT IN A SEWER
- 8CHAPTER II ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF WILD-ANIMAL TRAINING
- 9CHAPTER III HOUSEKEEPING FOR WILD ANIMALS
- 10CHAPTER IV THE FEEDING OF SNAKES AND ELEPHANTS
- 11CHAPTER V CHARACTERISTICS OF DIFFERENT ANIMALS
- 12CHAPTER VI “GOING BAD”—ANIMAL INSTINCT
- 13CHAPTER VII HOW WILD ANIMALS ARE CAPTURED
- 14CHAPTER VIII THE WILD ANIMALS’ KINDERGARTEN
- 15CHAPTER IX HOW WILD BEASTS ARE TAUGHT TRICKS
- 16CHAPTER X AN ANIMAL SHOW AT NIGHT
- 17CHAPTER XI THE PRINCIPLES OF TRAINING
- 18CHAPTER XII THE ANIMAL TRAINER—SOME FAMOUS TRAINERS
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