Stories from under the sky / John Madson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Madson, John.

Series:

Bur oak book.

A bur oak book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Natural history--Middle West.

Natural history.

Outdoor life--Middle West.

Outdoor life.

Middle West--Description and travel.

Middle West.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (211 p.)

Edition:

1st University of Iowa Press ed.

Place of Publication:

Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Stories from under the Sky, John Madson salutes the outdoor life. These thirty-six essays display his healthy respect for the forces of nature, without diminishing his wry awareness of the foibles of beast, bird, fish, and human.In sections on mammals, the river, and birds, Madson acquaints readers with some real characters-not all of them four-footed! Some are old favorites: the raccoon, the otter, the fawn, and the badger. Others are less familiar-the demonic shrew, the indomitable dogfish, and the exotic blue heron. Even the "unloved" come in for their share o

Contents:

Contents; Mammalia; The Thimble Mill Fox; Little Brother to the Bear; A Songdog at Work; Half-ounce Heller; Sleepers and Snoozers; The Fighting Doormat; Than a Barrel of Monkeys; Geomys; Fawns; The River; Old Man River's Shell Game; Outlaw of the Dark Sloughs; The World of Charley Gibbs; Aves; The Gloomiest Bird; The Grand Passage; Man and the Mallard; The Bird Machine; Child of Adversity; Heron Summer; The Unloved; Br'er Toad's Secret Weapon; Waterbugs; The Turtle Hunters; Beware the Paper Cities!; The Locks of Medusa; Short Arrows from the Long Bow; The Abashed Savage; Snake Liars

The Little SportsA Wilderness of Light; Rivers; The Unforgettable Feists; Knife Talk; Froze Fer Meat; On Crows; Romany Rides Again; The Small Brown Bird; Outdoor Wishbooks; A Place To Loaf

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Originally published: 1961.

ISBN:

1-60938-030-4

OCLC:

805830487