Lightfoot the Deer

Lightfoot the Deer is a story about animals in the Green Forest that are hunted in the fall. The story is mostly about Lightfoot a male deer hunted by one hunter and describes how he tries to escape being shot. The story tells Lightfoots encounter with another buck and a battle for territory and the lovely Miss Daintyfoot. As with most Thornton Burgess books young listeners learn valuable lessons about nature wildlife and positive morals. Thornton W. Burgess was a conservationist and author of childrens stories. He loved the beauty of nature and its living creatures so much that he wrote about them for 50 years. By the time he retired he had written over 170 books and 15000 stories for a daily newspaper column.