The Wild One (novel)
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The Wild One is the tenth and final book in the Punchbowl Farm series of novels by Monica Edwards
, published in 1967 by Collins
. The book was the last Monica Edwards book to be illustrated by Geoffrey Whittam. Roger and Rissa have remained at the farm after the fire (in Fire in the Punchbowl
) and Lindsey discovers a puma cub in the farm fields, believing it to be the cub of the Surrey Puma
. Fearing that the cub will be shot, she and Roger keep the discovery secret and attempt to rear the cub themselves.
Monica Edwards based her story on the wild big cat reportedly seen in Surrey on a number of occasions in the 1960s. The author herself believed she had seen it in the Devil's Punch Bowl
.
Monica Edwards
Monica Edwards was an English children's writer of the mid-twentieth century best known for her Romney Marsh and Punchbowl Farm series of children's novels.-Early life:...
, published in 1967 by Collins
HarperCollins
HarperCollins is a publishing company owned by News Corporation. It is the combination of the publishers William Collins, Sons and Co Ltd, a British company, and Harper & Row, an American company, itself the result of an earlier merger of Harper & Brothers and Row, Peterson & Company. The worldwide...
. The book was the last Monica Edwards book to be illustrated by Geoffrey Whittam. Roger and Rissa have remained at the farm after the fire (in Fire in the Punchbowl
Fire In The Punchbowl
Fire in the Punchbowl is the ninth book in the Punchbowl Farm series of novels by Monica Edwards, published in 1965 by Collins. The book was illustrated by Geoffrey Whittam. Punchbowl Farm is threatened by a fire which spreads northwards from the Devil's Punch Bowl to the farm itself in a story...
) and Lindsey discovers a puma cub in the farm fields, believing it to be the cub of the Surrey Puma
Surrey Puma
The Surrey Puma was one or more phantom cats, supposedly black pumas, seen around south western Surrey from the 1960s onwards.The first possible sightings were recorded in 1959, when police received a number of reports of big cats in the Farnham area, near the Surrey/Hampshire border...
. Fearing that the cub will be shot, she and Roger keep the discovery secret and attempt to rear the cub themselves.
Monica Edwards based her story on the wild big cat reportedly seen in Surrey on a number of occasions in the 1960s. The author herself believed she had seen it in the Devil's Punch Bowl
Devil's Punch Bowl
The Devil's Punch Bowl is a large natural amphitheatre and beauty spot near Hindhead, Surrey, in England, and is the source of many stories about the area. The London to Portsmouth road used to climb round its side, but this is now closed due to the Hindhead Tunnel opening on the 27th July 2011...
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Subsequent editions
- Engelbert (Bücherei) Ein Pumababy für Pat (German translation) - 1973
- Girls Gone By PublishersGirls Gone By PublishersGirls Gone By Publishers is a publishing company run by Clarissa Cridland and Ann Mackie-Hunter and is based in Bath, Somerset. They re-publish new editions of some of the most popular girls' fiction titles from the twentieth century.-Elinor Brent-Dyer:...
reprint of original - April 2010