The true and exciting story of the life of a beaver—that most valuable of fur bearers—in his wilderness haunts. Through the eyes of a careful student and interpreter of wild animal habits, the reader is able to follow Chisel-Tooth as he seeks the places to build dams and his strange houses in the water; to watch him and his mate felling trees, the young beavers growing and learning.

Interesting emphasis is placed on the cunning of these animals in protecting themselves from the many wilderness enemies such as the owl, fox, lynx, otter and bear. There is a fine climax when, through one of Nature's own dramatic gestures, a tremendous flood, the beavers by their engineering skill do mankind a good turn. Indeed, the remarkable value of the beaver's conservation work has been realized to such an extent that many States are trying to re-establish beaver communities and thus are making him more than ever before, a fascinating subject for study.

From the dust jacket of the J.B. Lippincott edition