Billie Wind ventures out alone into the Florida Everglades to test the legends of her Indian ancestors and learns the importance of listening to the earth's vital message.
Describes the near extinction of America's buffalo and their native grasslands when settlers arrived in the West and drove the Indians to reservations. Explains how Theodore Roosevelt began a program of conservation that led to the revival of the buffalo and the grasslands.
A secretly married couple spends the summer tracking a herd of Rocky Mountain goats which they conclude must not be hunted, even by the boy's determined father.
A young boy relates his adventures during the year he spends living alone in the Catskill Mountains including his struggle for survival, his dependence on nature, his animal friends, and his ultimate realization that he needs human companionship.
