title: Dragons and Dragon Lore: A Worldwide Study of Dragons in History, Art and Legend (Forgotten Books)
author: Ernest Ingersoll
description: <b>About the Author:</b> <br /><br />"Ernest Ingersoll (March 13, 1852 - November 13, 1946) was a renowned American naturalist, writer and explorer.<br /><br />A native of Monroe, Michigan, Ingersoll studied for a time at Oberlin College and afterward at Harvard University, where he was a pupil of Louis Agassiz. He went West as naturalist in the Hayden surveys of 1874 and 1877, and did much work with the United States Fish Commission.<br /><br />He became widely known as a writer of specialized magazine articles, numerous guide books and as a lecturer on scientific subjects. He also contributed to the New International Encyclopedia.<br /><br />Ernest Ingersoll was 94 years old when he died in Brattleboro, Vermont after a four-year illness." <i>(Quote from wikipedia.org)</i>
zlib_text: **Philip Athans**
  
   **Anthologies 10 - Realms of**
  
   **the Dragons II**
  
   **Edited by**
  
   **Faerie Ire – Erin Tettensor**
  
   **The Woman Who Drew Dragons – Rosemary Jones**
  
   **The Hunting Game – Erik Scott de Bie**
  
   **The Road Home – Harley Stroh**
  
   **How Burlmarr Saved the Unseen Protector – Kameron M. Franklin**
  
   **A Tall Tale – J. L. Collins**
  
   **The Book Dragon – Jim Pitrat**
  
   **Freedom's Promise – Ed Gentry**
  
   **Possessions – James P. Davis**
  
   **Queen of the Mountain – Jaleigh Johnson**
  
   **The Strength of the Jester – Murray J.D. Leeder**
  
   **FAERIE IRE Or, How Zyx Thwarted**
  
   **a Human Invasion**
  
  Erin TETTENSOR
  
   **The Year of the Turret (1360 DR)**
  
   **Zyx was a nimble dragon. Being only four inches long, his body did not
  require a great deal of lift to achieve flight, which meant his delicate wings
  could devote most of their attention to maneuvering. This they did with
  tireless energy, thrumming at a pace that made them nearly invisible to the
  naked eye. His tail, mea