RD Lawrence died of Alzheimer's on Novemin Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada. Born aboard ship in the Bay of Biscay off the coast of Spain on September 12, 1921, he moved to Canada in 1954. Since this book was published there have been multiple puma attacks (some fatal) in both British Columbia where this story is set, and in parts of the US (Colorado, California, New Mexico), which is notable in that the biologist and naturalist characters in Lawrence's book are going off of premises that are not entirely accurate-mountain lions WILL sometimes hunt, kill, and even eat people.RD Lawrence ( Ronald Douglas Lawrence, - ) was a Canadian naturalist and wildlife author. But since the point of them was to carry forward the animal story, it's not really important. The story wound up in a pretty satisfying way (not always the case in nature stories).Ī minor negative for this book would be that some of the main human characters were more like caricatures than fully developed characters. I've noticed in Lawrence's books that some reviewers don't like all the scientific detail-I LOVE that!! I love reading an involving story where at the end I feel that I know a lot more about some new subject. There was a lot of detail about the mother of the puma and her life and her mate and the difficulties involved in hunting for and safely raising a litter of kittens in land that is invaded by humans. I very much enjoyed the scientific information on the pumas, and the storyline following the white puma (referred to as “the white tom”) seemed very realistic.
Lawrence was a well known naturalist and nature writer so this is no surprise) and reasonably good for the adventure story part. Part old fashioned western and outdoor/adventure story but mostly animal story, the book was exceptional for an animal story (Author R.D.
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