Roy Bedichek

Adventures with a Texas Naturalist

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Produktbeschreibung

A classic since its first publication in 1947, Adventures with a Texas Naturalist distills a lifetime of patient observations of the natural world. This reprint contains a new introduction by noted nature writer Rick Bass.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Texas Press
• Seitenzahl: 370
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 1994
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 521g
• ISBN-13: 9780292703117
• ISBN-10: 0292703112
• Artikelnr.: 21881580

Autorenporträt

By Roy Bedichek

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction by Rick Bass
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Author's Introduction
1. Fences: Fields and Pastures
2. Fences: Right-of-Ways
3. Still Water
4. The Wing Of The Swallow
5. Killers
6. A Bird and a Flower
7. "Co-Operatives"
8. "Co-Operatives" (continued)
9. Denatured Chickens
10. Davis Mountains Holiday: En Route
11. Davis Mountains Holiday: In Camp
12. The Golden Eagle
13. The Golden Eagle: Soarer
14. Nature Lore in Folklore
15. Folk-Naming of Birds and Flowers
16. The Mockingbird: Character and Disposition
17. Mockingbird: Singer
18. Mockingbird: Does He Mock?
19. Heronry on Keller's Creek
20. Nest Hunger
21. Root and Rock
22. Cedar Cutter
Errata
The Author's Emendations
Index