A beautiful lost classic of nature writing which sits alongside Tarka the Otter Watership Down War Horse & The Story of a Red Deer This is the story of Wulfgar the dark-furred fox of Dartmoor & of his nemesis Scoble the trapper in the seasons leading up to the pitiless winter of 1947 As breathtaking in its descriptions of the natural world as it is perceptive its portrayal of damaged humanity it is both a portrait of place & a gripping story of survival Uniquely straddling the worlds of animals & men Brian Carter's A Black Fox Running is a masterpiece lyrical unforgiving & unforgettable