The Summer of the Falcon (18 page)

Jean Craighead George in the Belize Rainforest in 1999, where a sky-walk bridge in the tops of the trees introduced her to a whole new world of wildlife. Jean traveled to many locations to study new plants and animals as research for her books.

Jean Craighead George circa 2001, feeding a wolf pup near the Bob Marshall Wilderness in western Montana.

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