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Journey into summer : a naturalist's record of a 19,000-mile journey through the North American summer / Edwin Way Teale ; with photographs by the author.
LIBRA - Rare QH104 .T39 1960 Lee copy
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Teale, Edwin Way, 1899-1980.
- Series:
- Teale, Edwin Way, 1899-1980. American seasons: the second season.
- His The American seasons: the second season
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Summer--United States.
- Summer.
- Natural history--United States.
- Natural history.
- United States.
- Natural history--Outdoor books.
- Penn Provenance:
- Lee, Ruth Sara (donor) (Lee Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 366 pages, 40 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Dodd, Mead, 1960.
- Summary:
- An exploratiion of the ways of summer across the land, from the White Mountains of New Hampshire to the Rockies. A joyful journey through a vast variety of scenery and wild life.
- Contents:
- Franconia sunrise
- Shadows to the west
- Walking down a river
- Smuggler's notch
- Natural history of niagara falls
- Mayfly island
- Miceless house
- Eighty-five miles to breakfast
- River of the fireflies
- Woodpecker blockade
- Orchid ridges
- High rocks
- Wings in the sun
- Mysterious maples
- Dark river
- Bears of copper harbor
- Farthest north
- Water priaries
- Between hay and grass
- Home of the prairie dogs
- Dry rain
- Green dunes
- Grasshopper road
- Corn wind
- Ten thousand steps
- Night of the falling stars
- Glass mountains
- On the rim of the world
- Parade of the dusty turtles
- Stone dragonflies
- High tundra
- Summer snow
- Sand banners
- Land of the five summers
- Great eyrie
- Shadows to the east.
- Local Notes:
- Penn Libraries Lee Collection copy has dust jacket. Also has typed letter laid in, from the Book-of-the-month Club, announcing this book as a Holiday gift to stockholders, December 1962.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Teale, Edwin Way, 1899-1980. Journey into summer.
- OCLC:
- 351480
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