BRINGING THE MOUNTAIN HOME.
Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 118 pgs. Personal narratives that float between memoir and meditation, nature essay and adventure story.
Natural History
THE CUSTER WOLF.; Biography of An American Renegade.
Boston: Little Brown & Co, 1966. Second printing. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8, 175 pgs, illustrated. A somewhat fictionalized biography of a white wolf who terrorized the cattle industry in South Dakota from 1910 to 1920. Anthropomorphic, yet realistic. Previous owner inscription on front fly.
RETURN OF THE BIRD TRIBES.
New York: Harper Collins, 1991. Paperback. 5 x 8, 230 pgs. Exploring the transformative impact of Native American spirituality on contemporary events.
THE ILLUSIONS OF ANIMAL RIGHTS.
Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1990. First edition. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 152 pgs, biblio, references. Presents the traditional American's relationship to animals and their use, and exposes the hidden agendas behind the animal rights movement. He speaks out against the cult movement for rural America.
WILD HERITAGE.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1965. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 275 pgs, b&w illustrations, index, bibliography. Interesting reflections on man and nature illustrating how our own behavior in family, hunting, sex, etc. is shared naturally by us with the animal world.
TREES AND SHRUBS OF COLORADO.
Boulder, CO: Johnson Books, 1999. Fourth edition. Paperback. 6 x 9, 165 pgs, b&w illustrations. Identifies the 'woody' plants of Colorado including life zones and elevation ranges.
CABIN FEVER.
Lakeville, MN: Galde Press, 1997. Second edition. Paperback. 6 x 9,170 pgs, b&w illustrations. A collection of essays which distill the author's twenty-five years of a deep personal relationship with the soul of the Earth as he heard it in northern Illinois and Door County, Wisconsin. Signed by the author...
EVERGLADES.
San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. 10 x 13 1/2, 144 pgs, color photos throughout. Patricia Caulfield's photographs are perfectly complemented, in mood and spirit, by passages she has chosen from the published and unpublished writings of Peter Matthiessen.
A BEAST THE COLOR OF WINTER.; The Mountain Goat Observed.
San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1983. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 193 pgs, index, bibliography, b&w photos and illustrations. This is the first full length study of the Mountain Goat. The author spent the better part of 7 years in the rockies learning about this remarkable big-game animal, his wilderness haunts...
A BEAST THE COLOR OF WINTER.; The Mountain Goat Observed.
San Antonio, TX: Sierra Club Books, 1983. Trade Paperback. 6 x 9, 208 pgs, index, bibliography, b&w photos and illustrations. This is the first full length study of the mountain goat. The author spent the better part of seven years in the rockies learning about this remarkable big-game animal, his...
VALLEY OF GRASS; Tallgrass Prairie and Parkland of the Red River Region
St. Cloud, MN: North Star Press, 1998. Paperback. 7 x 10, 122 pgs, b&w and color photos. Celebrates the prairie and parkland resource in the Red River region connecting threads between ecology, economy and community.
THREE STARS FOR THE COLONEL.
New York: Random House, 1954. First edition. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8, 270 pgs, index, appendices. Biography of Ernest O. Thompson, known as the father of petroleum conservation. Front fly torn and missing a chunk.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN FLOWERS.; An Illustrated Guide for Plant-Lovers and Plant-Users.
New York: Hafner, 1963. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 390 pgs, index, b&w and color illustrations. A proven field guide to the flowering plants and shrubs of the Rocky Mountain Region. Very detailed.
AUSTRALIA'S MINERAL WEALTH.
Australia: Sorrett Publishing, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. 10 x 10 1/2, 208 pgs, index, b&w and color photos and illustrations. An interesting look at the vast minerals of Australia.
GAME BIRDS.
New York: Crescent Books, 1988. Hardcover. 10 x 13 1/2, 117 pgs, beautiful color and black and white art, introduction by HRH The Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh. Coffee-table style book features twenty-four game birds with superb color paintings and a naturalist's essay.
COMPLETE FIELD GUIDE TO AMERICAN WILDLIFE.; East, Central & North.
New York: Harper & Bros. 1959. Hardcover. 4 1/2 x 7 1/2, 683 pgs, index, b&w illustrations. Covers all species of birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, food & game fishes, seashells, and the principal marine invertebrates occurring annually in North America east of the Rockies and north of the 37th parallel.
THE LOG OF TANAGER HILL.
Baltimore, MD: Waverly Press, 1938. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 244 pgs, b&w photos and charts. The author and her husband were avid bird watchers and banders. This is the record of their activities from 1923-1925. Ex-library.
A FIELD GUIDE TO ROCKY MOUNTAIN WILDFLOWERS.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1963. Reprint. Paperback. 4 1/2 x 7, 275 pgs, b&w illustrations and a section of color photos. All about how to identify the most common flower species in the Rocky Mountain region, plus interesting facts about each.
GREAT WATERS; An Atlantic Passage
New York: Norton, 2001. Second edition. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8, 442 pgs, index, notes. In this scientific meditation on and spiritual exploration of one of our least appreciated natural resources - the Atlantic Ocean - the author weaves the details of the history and science of the Atlantic into...
AMERICA'S SEASHORE WONDERLANDS.
Washington DC: National Geographic Society, 1985. Hardcover. 7 x 10, 199 pgs, index, color plates throughout. From Vancouver Island to Baja California, around the Gulf of Mexico and from Florida to Maine, the shore life, the human visitors and the environment.
NATURE ON THE RAMPAGE.; Our Violent Earth.
Washington DC: National Geographic Society, 1986. Hardcover. 7 x 10, 200 pgs, index, color photos throughout. From disaster areas to high-tech laboratories, from ancient times to the present, a gripping, sometimes terrifying journey.
50 COMMON BIRDS OF THE SOUTHWEST.
Tucson, AZ: Southwest Parks and Monuments Assn. 1990. Paperback. 6 x 9, 60 pgs, color photos. An easy reference to fifty of themore commonly seen species in the Southwest.
LORDS OF THE ARCTIC; A Journey Among the Polar Bears
New York: Macmillan, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. 7 x 10 1/2, 140 pgs, index, notes, color photos throughout. The result of a five year stint in the Arctic, studying the Polar Bear, rearing orphaned cubs, and recording the Eskimo lore concerning these noble animals.
ENDANGERED PEOPLES.
San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1993. First printing. Hardcover. 9 x 12, 198 pgs, color photos throughout. A continent-by-continent guide to threatened indigenous ways of living.
BIG FLEAS HAVE LITTLE FLEAS; How Discoveries of Invertebrate Diseases Are Advancing Modern Science
Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press, 2006. First edition. Paperback. 6 x 9, 198 pgs, b&w photos and illustrations. Ever since Louis Pasteur published his theories on the origin of germs, scientists the world over have focused their attention on smaller and smaller organisms. This book brings together some of...