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Book Review of Peg Leg Pete: The Story of a Warm Friendship Between a Wild Mallard Drake and the Family of Mel Ellis

Peg Leg Pete: The Story of a Warm Friendship Between a Wild Mallard Drake and the Family of Mel Ellis
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This is a great story about a mallard duck who gets caught in a muskrat trap and loses his leg. The author, Mel Ellis was the associate editor of Field and Stream magazine. It is the story of his family adopting and loving this duck and watching him master his handicap. It is very heartwarming.