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Book SynopsisA classic since its first publication in 1947, Adventures with a Texas Naturalist distills a lifetime of patient observations of the natural world.
Trade ReviewA Texan wholly devoted to his native Southwest, he was regional but not provincial.... Roy Bedichek was a true scientist, with a luminous curiosity more like the ancient Greeks' than today's. * Audubon *
. . Texas cannot really be known without reading
Adventures with a Texas Naturalist. -- A. C. Greene * The 50 Best Books on Texas *
Whether studying the effects of grazing goats on roadside wildflowers or reveling in the fiery beauty of a vermilion flycatcher, Bedichek writes with a marvelous style that begs quotation at every turn. -- John and Gloria Tveten * Houston Chronicle *
A book that should be required reading in high school or college, one that ought to be in every deer camp or in every biker's pack. It is a thoughtful book but also pleasant to the senses. It is a book that can be read once and then delved into again some other time, as enduring as nature itself. * Austin American-Statesman *
Table of ContentsIntroduction 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
