Editing Ernest Thompson Seton (section)

==Writing and later life==
[[File:Ernest thompson seton.jpg|thumb|upright|Seton early in his writing career]]

Seton was an early pioneer of the modern school of [[Fiction#Formats|animal fiction]] writing, his most popular work being ''[[Wild Animals I Have Known]]'' (1898), which contains the story of his killing of the wolf [[Lobo (The King of Currumpaw)|Lobo]]. Four stories from this collection would be republished as ''Lobo, Rag, and Vixen'' (1900). He later became involved in a literary debate known as the [[nature fakers controversy]], after [[John Burroughs]] published an article in 1903 in the [[The Atlantic|''Atlantic Monthly'']] attacking writers of sentimental animal stories.  The controversy lasted for four years and included important American environmental and political figures of the day, including President [[Theodore Roosevelt]].<ref>Carson, Gerald. February 1971. "[http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/ah/1971/2/1971_2_60.shtml T.R. and the 'nature fakers']" {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120192537/http://americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/ah/1971/2/1971_2_60.shtml |date=November 20, 2008 }}. ''American Heritage Magazine''. Volume 22, Issue 2.</ref>

For his work, ''Lives of Game Animals Volume 4'', Seton was awarded the [[Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal]] from the [[United States National Academy of Sciences|National Academy of Sciences]] in 1928.<ref name=Elliot>{{cite web|title=Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal |url=http://www.nasonline.org/site/PageServer?pagename=AWARDS_elliot |publisher=National Academy of Sciences |access-date=February 16, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101229194403/http://www.nasonline.org/site/PageServer?pagename=AWARDS_elliot |archive-date=December 29, 2010 |df=mdy }}</ref> In 1931, he became a [[United States citizen]]. Seton was associated with the Santa Fe arts and literary community during the mid-1930s and early 1940s, which was a group of artists and authors, including author and artist [[Alfred Morang]], sculptor and potter [[Clem Hull]], painter [[Georgia O'Keeffe]], painter Randall Davey, painter [[Raymond Jonson]], leader of the Transcendental Painters Group and artist Eliseo Rodriguez.<ref>"[http://clemhull.com/Clement%20Marot%20Hull.html 1938-1942 Santa Fe]". Retrieved on December 29, 2008.</ref> He was made a member of the [[Royal Canadian Academy of Arts]].<ref name=RCA1880>{{cite web |title=Members since 1880 |url=http://www.rca-arc.ca/en/about_members/since1880.asp |publisher=Royal Canadian Academy of Arts |access-date=11 September 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526215339/http://www.rca-arc.ca/en/about_members/since1880.asp |archive-date=May 26, 2011 |df=mdy }}</ref>

In 1933, Seton purchased {{Convert|100|acre|ha}} in [[Santa Fe County, New Mexico|Santa Fe County]], New Mexico, United States. Seton ran training camps for youth leaders and had a small publisher named Seton Village Press that closed in 1943 due to [[World War II]]. The tract eventually grew to {{Convert|2500|acre|ha}}. [[Seton Village]] was established as an [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated community]].

Seton designed and built his castle as a 32-room, {{Convert|6900|sqft|m2|adj=on}} multi-level building with a flat-roof and rough hewn stone wall exterior. The interior had oak floors and plaster walls with the ceilings supported by log rafters. The castle was built on a hill at an elevation of {{Convert|7,000|ft|m|abbr=on}}. It is designated a [[National Historic Landmark]] and a New Mexico State Cultural Property. The castle burned down while being restored in 2005. The [[Academy for the Love of Learning]], which owns the property, has decided to preserve the castle ruins as a "contemplative garden".<ref>{{cite news |author=Tom Sharpe |date=October 10, 2010 |title=Seton Castle: An academy rises from the ruins |url=http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Local%20News/Academy_to_resurrect_mission_at_Seton_site |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130202034039/http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Local%20News/Academy_to_resurrect_mission_at_Seton_site |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 2, 2013 |newspaper=The Santa Fe New Mexican |access-date=May 21, 2012}}</ref>