Ernest Evan Thompson in South Shields, County Durham (now
part of South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear), England of Scottish parents, Seton's
family emigrated to Canada in 1866. Most of his childhood was spent in
Toronto. As a youth, he retreated to the woods to draw and study animals as a
way of avoiding his abusive father. He won a scholarship in art to the Royal
Academy in London, England.
On his twenty-first birthday, Seton's father presented him with a bill for
all the expenses connected with his childhood and youth, including the fee
charged by the doctor who delivered him. He paid the bill, but never spoke to
his father again.
Ernest changed his name to Ernest Thompson Seton, believing that Seton
had been an important name in his paternal line. He became successful as a
writer, artist and naturalist, and moved to New York City to further his
career. Seton later lived at Wyndygoul, an estate that he built in Cos Cob, a
section of Greenwich, Connecticut. After experiencing vandalism by the
local youth, Seton invited them to his estate for a weekend where he told
them what he claimed were stories of the American Indians and of nature.
He formed the Woodcraft Indians in 1902 and invited the local youth to
join. Despite the name, the group was made up of non – Indian boys and
girls. The stories became a series of articles written for the Ladies Home
Journal and were eventually collected in The Birch Bark Roll of the
Woodcraft Indians in 1906.
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Hozirgi kunga kelib ekologik muammolar qanday hal qilinmoqda? Davra suhbati uchun 5 ta savol tuzing. 2.
Agar ekologiya muammosi haqida maqola yozsangiz, qanday sarlavha qo‘yardingiz. Maqolangizning rejasini tuzing.
Mustaqil ta’lim uchun topshiriqlar
