For All Seasons: A Big Bend Journal - Softcover

Wauer, Roland H.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0292791178 ISBN 13: 9780292791176

Verlag: University of Texas Press, 1997

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Something about Big Bend National Park draws visitors again and again. Maybe it's the spare beauty of the mountains and desert, the dawn chorus of birds, or the vivid stars in the velvet night. All of these things have made it Roland Wauer's favorite place. In this book, he shares his love of the Big Bend through journal entries that chronicle a year in the life of the park. Wauer worked as Chief Park Naturalist from 1966 to 1972 and has visited the park frequently ever since. His journal entries span these thirty years, providing not only a composite portrait of a typical year but also a clear sense of how the park's natural history has changed over three decades. He spices his account with anecdotes, often humorous, ranging from stumbling across a herd of javelinas to being trailed by a mountain lion in the dark to discovering new species of plants and animals. Few authors know the Big Bend as Roland Wauer does or have written about it in a more engaging way. This beautifully illustrated book is the perfect companion for a visit to the park, whether in person or by armchair.

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Roland H. Wauer retired from the National Park Service after a 32-year career. He worked in six national parks, the Southwest Region Office in Santa Fe, New Mexico, as Regional Chief Scientist, and Chief of Resource Management in Washington, D.C. He is the author of 32 books on wildlife and the national parks and one novel: "Natural Inclinations: One Man's Adventure into the Natural World." His love of nature has taken him to every state in Mexico, including the Yucatan, where he discovered an additional interest in the Mayan ruins. That interest in archeology propelled him to visit many of the ruins in Mexico, Tikal in Guatemala, and the Aztec ruins of Tenochtitlan. He lived in Bryan, Texas.

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Something about Big Bend National Park draws visitors to it again and again. Maybe it's the spare beauty of the mountains and desert, the dawn chorus of birds, or the vivid stars in the velvet night. All of these things have made it Roland Wauer's favorite place. In this book, he shares his love of the Big Bend through journal entries that chronicle a year in the life of the park. Wauer worked as Chief Park Naturalist from 1966 to 1972 and has visited the park frequently ever since. His journal entries span these thirty years, providing not only a composite portrait of a typical year but also a clear sense of how the park's natural history has changed over three decades. He spices his account with anecdotes, often humorous, ranging from stumbling across a herd of javelinas to being trailed by a mountain lion in the dark to discovering new species of plants and animals.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: University of Texas Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1997
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0292791178
• ISBN 13: 9780292791176
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 244
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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