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As you read these stories you will see that whenever I was properly humble and willing to let something besides a human be my instructor, these various four-legged, six-legged and no-legged fellows shared priceless wisdom with me. They taught me that perfect understanding and perfect co-operation between the human and all other forms of life is unfailing whenever the human really does his required part.

J. Allen Boone

Even the most dreaded of poisonous snakes is a kindly disposed fellow at heart. He wants to be understood and to understand.

J. Allen Boone

If you should ever encounter me walking along a dirt road and should see me pause, lift my hat and bow to the direction of the ground, you will know that I am paying my respects to a passing earthworm.

J. Allen Boone

J. Allen Boone

J. Allen Boone

Born: February 17, 1882

Died: June 17, 1965 (aged 83)

Bio: J. Allen Boone was an American author of several books about nonverbal communication with animals in the 1940s and '50s.

Known for:

Kinship With All Life (1954)
Letters to Strongheart (1939)
You are the adventure! (1943)
Adventures in kinship with all life
The language of silence

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