John Coulson Tregarthen - Works

Works

  • Wild Life at the Land’s End (1904) London: John Murray
  • The Life Story of a Fox (1906). London: A & C Black.
    One of Black's "Animal Autobiographies" series: this book differs from Tregarthen's other wild life books in that it is not set in the area of The Land's End, and in that it is aimed at the younger reader.
  • The Life Story of an Otter (1909). ISBN 1-904880-06-1
    First published in 1909, this book pre-dated the Henry Williamson novel, Tarka the Otter by nearly twenty years: this natural history classic was republished in 2005.
  • Cornwall and Its Wild Life (a pamphlet) (1911)
  • The Story of a Hare (1912) London: John Murray.
    Tregarthen dedicated this book to Marie Corelli who had encouraged him to take up writing when he retired as a schoolmaster.
  • John Penrose: a Romance of the Land’s End (1923). ISBN 1-904880-02-9
  • The Life Story of a Badger (1925). London: John Murray
  • The Smuggler's Daughter: a Romance of Mount's Bay (1933)

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