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Adventures with a Texas naturalist / Roy Bedichek ; with a new introduction by Rick Bass ; illustrations by Ward Lockwood ; foreword by H. Mewhinney.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bedichek, Roy, 1878-1959, author.
- Series:
- Texas classics.
- Texas classics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Natural history--Texas.
- Natural history.
- Natural history--Outdoor books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (369 p.)
- Edition:
- [New, revised edition].
- Place of Publication:
- Austin : University of Texas Press, [1994]
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Introduction
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Contents
- 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
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 14, 2016).
- ISBN:
- 9780292757042
- 0292757042
- OCLC:
- 1280944431
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