The Cave Boy of the Age of Stone

About this eBook

Author

McIntyre, Margaret A.

Credits

Produced by Al Haines

Language

English

LoC Class

PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres

Subject

Cave dwellers -- Juvenile fiction

Category

Text

eBook-No.

18576

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18576

Release Date

June 13, 2006

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.[Frontispiece: Making stone tools] — THE CAVE BOY
2. 2.OF THE AGE OF STONE — BY MARGARET A. McINTYRE — NEW YORK D. APPLETON AND COMPANY — Dedicated to My Mother
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS — Making stone tools . . . . . . _Frontispiece_ — All at once, the goat stood up on her hind legs — Strongarm — A big black bear came along — Then he sat down by the fire to make his picture of the bear — Ram horns — Sewing together skins of wild oxen — A little bone — Bone needle — Broken hunting club — The bees flew off humming angrily — The edge of the pond — And, for fun, set it against the string — Broken hunting club (2nd version) — Cattle horns — So they lay down on the ground and began to call — A nest full of young eagles — She scraped off all the meat and fat — Tiger's tooth and bear's claw — Lion — Lion's tooth — Stone tools — Stone axe — Woven basket — Little wild pigs were eating the acorns — The sparks came like a flame and caught the dry leaves — The boys listened in wonder — Shelter of branches — Acorns — Tiger — Tiger's tooth — He struck with his hammer stone — He held the pebble in his left hand and struck it a sharp blow — Deer antlers — Forest scene — Spear — The women and children went to pick berries — The women and children ate and ate the sweet fruit — Snowy owl in tree — Women with baskets — Skin bag with pull string — Herd of reindeer — They dived into the river and swam away, pulling the raft — Flock of white swans — The sea — Clam and oyster shells — Dug-out boat — They began to cook the fish — The people took the fish in their hands — Cutting down a tree — A flounder — Seaweed — Thorn learns to swim — Clay bowls — Mammoth trapped in swamp — Wolves — Throwing a spear — A North American Indian — A stone arrow head — A stone ax — Picture of reindeer, scratched on slate; found in a cave in France — Eskimo by their winter huts; drawn by an Eskimo — A bone awl; found in a cave in England — Drawing of a mammoth, on a piece of mammoth tusk; found in a cave in France — A flint knife; found in Australia — THE CAVE BOY OF THE AGE OF STONE — CHAPTER I — STRONGARM'S FAMILY — [Illustration: All at once, the goat stood up on her hind legs] — [Illustration: Strongarm] — [Illustration: A big black bear came along] — [Illustration: Then he sat down by the fire to make his picture of the bear] — [Illustration: Ram horns] — CHAPTER II — THE NEEDLE, THE CLUB, AND THE BOW — [Illustration: Sewing together skins of wild oxen] — [Illustration: A little bone] — [Illustration: Bone needle] — [Illustration: Broken hunting club] — [Illustration: The bees flew off humming angrily] — [Illustration: The edge of the pond] — [Illustration: And, for fun, set it against the string] — [Illustration: Broken hunting club (2nd version)] — CHAPTER III — THE TAMING OF THE DOG — [Illustration: Cattle horns] — [Illustration: So they lay down on the ground and began to call.] — [Illustration: A nest full of young eagles] — CHAPTER IV — HOW STRONGARM HUNTED A BEAR AND A LION — [Illustration: She scraped off all the meat and fat] — [Illustration: Tiger's tooth and bear's claw] — [Illustration: Lion] — [Illustration: Lion's tooth] — CHAPTER V — THE OLD AX MAKER VISITS HIS DAUGHTER — [Illustration: Stone tools] — [Illustration: Stone axe] — [Illustration: Woven basket] — [Illustration: Little wild pigs were eating the acorns] — CHAPTER VI — THE COMING OF FIRE — [Illustration: The sparks came like a flame and caught the dry leaves] — [Illustration: The boys listened in wonder] — [Illustration: Shelter of branches] — [Illustration: Acorns] — CHAPTER VII — THE CAVE TIGER — [Illustration: Tiger] — [Illustration: Tiger's tooth] — CHAPTER VIII — THE MAKING OF STONE WEAPONS — [Illustration: He struck with his hammer stone] — [Illustration: He held the pebble in his left hand and struck it a sharp blow] — [Illustration: Deer antlers] — CHAPTER IX — AT THE GRAVEL PIT — [Illustration: Forest scene] — [Illustration: Spear] — CHAPTER X — A SUMMER CAMP — [Illustration: The women and children went to pick berries] — [Illustration: The women and children ate and ate the sweet fruit] — [Illustration: Snowy owl in tree] — [Illustration: Women with baskets] — [Illustration: Skin bag with pull string] — [Illustration: Herd of reindeer] — CHAPTER XI — THORN MEETS THE CHILDREN OF THE SHELL MOUNDS — [Illustration: They dived into the river and swam away, pulling the raft] — [Illustration: Flock of white swans] — [Illustration: The sea] — CHAPTER XII — AT THE HOME OF THE SHELL MOUND PEOPLE — [Illustration: Clam and oyster shells] — [Illustration: Dug-out boat] — [Illustration: They began to cook the fish] — [Illustration: The people took the fish in their hands] — [Illustration: Cutting down a tree] — [Illustration: A flounder] — CHAPTER XIII — THORN LEARNS TO SWIM — [Illustration: Seaweed] — [Illustration: Thorn learns to swim] — [Illustration: Clay bowls] — CHAPTER XIV — THE FEAST OF MAMMOTH'S MEAT — [Illustration: Mammoth trapped in swamp] — [Illustration: Wolves] — [Illustration: Throwing a spear] — CHAPTER XV — THE RED MEN OF OUR OWN COUNTRY IN THE STONE AGE — [Illustration: A North American Indian] — [Illustration: A stone arrow head] — [Illustration: A stone ax] — CHAPTER XVI — HOW STONE WEAPONS OF THE CAVE MEN WERE FIRST FOUND — [Illustration: Picture of reindeer, scratched on slate; found in a cave in France] — [Illustration: Eskimo by their winter huts; drawn by an Eskimo] — [Illustration: A bone awl; found in a cave in England] — CHAPTER XVII — HOW THE EARTH LOOKED WHEN THE SHELL MEN AND THE CAVE MEN LIVED — [Illustration: Drawing of a mammoth, on a piece of mammoth tusk; found in a cave in France] — CHAPTER XVIII — HOW EARLY MEN BELIEVED THAT ALL THINGS THAT MOVE ARE ALIVE — CHAPTER XIX — THE PEOPLE OF OUR TIME WHO WERE MOST LIKE THE CAVE MEN — [Illustration: A flint knife; found in Australia] — SUGGESTIONS TO TEACHERS

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