Chico George The Birds And Me

Author : Dorothy Chapman Saunders
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781603440615

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Chico, George, the Birds, and Me by Dorothy Chapman Saunders Pdf

"When a mysterious manila envelope reached the hands of Henry "Milt" Reeves, no one could have anticipated the story that waited inside. Enclosed he found a manuscript - a typewritten carbon copy on onion-skin paper - written half a century earlier and yellowed with age. Each fragile page unfolded the first-person description of a trip Dorothy Chapman Saunders had taken to Mexico in 1948 and 1949 with her husband and seasoned ornithologist, George, to conduct field surveys of waterfowl and white-winged doves for the U.S. government." "Chico, George, the Birds, and Me presents Saunders's near-daily personal account of this five-month-long ornithological expedition and provides a glimpse into the dynamic life of a frontier biologist making her mark in a man's world." "Saunders adeptly describes the birds they saw and the survey work they did. She also charts the other details of their journey as they traveled south from Reynosa to Mexico City, then to Acapulco and Oaxaca, east to Veracruz, north to Tamaulipas and, finally, back to McAllen, Texas, Slowly chugging along in the under-powered jeep they affectionately dubbed "Chico," they explored lakes, lagoons, and volcanoes, Aztec ruins, markets, churches, and even old burro trails."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Mary George
Publisher : Wings Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2015-01-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781609403805

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Rosengren's Books by Mary George Pdf

Virtually every San Antonio citizen over a certain age with any interest in literature will have vivid memories of Rosengren's Books. It was the absolute center of literary culture not only in San Antonio, but in Texas, for decades. Indeed, from the 1930s to the 1980s, Rosengren's Books was considered one of the finest bookstores between New York and San Francisco. It was a mid-continent haven for writers as diverse as Frost, John Dos Pasos, J. Frank Dobie, and Larry McMurtry. Rosengren's Books: An Oasis for Mind and Spirit is the story of a great American family of independent booksellers and the important literary institution they created. Beginning as a rare book store in Chicago, Frank and Florence Rosengren brought the store to San Antonio, Texas, in 1935. Located in various downtown locations, it became most well known as the charming book shop behind the Alamo, where it was visited by hundreds of thousands of tourists from around the world. At the heart of the story is Florence Rosengren, whom former San Antonio mayor Phil Hardberger calls the "Sylvia Beach of South Texas" and Texas Observer founding editor Ronnie Dugger described as "the chief guardian of civilization from here to Mexico City."

Author : Paul D. Kyle,Georgean Z. Kyle
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1585443719

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Chimney Swifts by Paul D. Kyle,Georgean Z. Kyle Pdf

The Kyles share their knowledge and provide a peek into the secret life of these beneficial, insect-eating birds, and practical guidelines for homeowners to coexist peacefully with these remarkable birds.

Author : J.L.F. Waldron
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2015-08-18
Category : Historical fiction, Trinidadian and Tobagonian (English)
ISBN : 9781329453753

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Gypsy in the Moonlight by J.L.F. Waldron Pdf

The year is 1942. World War II is in full swing in the Atlantic. The Caribbean islands form an arc of sentry posts arrayed against an unseen enemy. From here, Great Britain and the United States spy the waves for German U-boats attempting stealthy approaches to the Panama Canal, the Gulf of Mexico and the strategic ports of South and Central America. Though not far from the deadly fray out in the mid Atlantic, life could have gone on as usual in the British colony of Trinidad. But this cosmopolitan island has become a crucial outpost, now manned by thousands of American servicemen. And as the days grow hotter and the nights grow longer lying in wait for those Nazi ships, restlessness turns to mischief, and mischief turns to murder.

Author : Tim Gallagher
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-16
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781439191538

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Imperial Dreams by Tim Gallagher Pdf

A decade ago, Tim Gallagher was one of the rediscoverers of the legendary ivory-billed woodpecker, which most scientists believed had been extinct for more than half a century—now Gallagher once again hits the trail, journeying deep into Mexico’s savagely beautiful Sierra Madre Occidental, home to rich wildlife, as well as to Mexican drug cartels, in a perilous quest to locate the most elusive bird in the world—the imperial woodpecker. The imperial woodpecker’s trumpetlike calls and distinctive hammering on massive pines once echoed through the high forests. Two feet tall, with deep black plumage, a brilliant snow-white shield on its back, and a crimson crest, the imperial woodpecker had largely disappeared fifty years ago, though reports persist of the bird still flying through remote mountain stands. In an attempt to find and protect the imperial woodpecker in its last habitat, Gallagher is guided by a map of sightings of this natural treasure of the Sierra Madre, bestowed on him by a friend on his deathbed. Charged with continuing the quest of a line of distinguished naturalists, including the great Aldo Leopold, Gallagher treks through this mysterious, historically untamed and untamable territory. Here, where an ancient petroglyph of the imperial can still be found, Geronimo led Apaches in their last stand, William Randolph Hearst held a storied million-acre ranch, and Pancho Villa once roamed, today ruthless drug lords terrorize residents and steal and strip the land. Gallagher’s passionate quest takes a harrowing turn as he encounters armed drug traffickers, burning houses, and fleeing villagers. His mission becomes a life-and-death drama that will keep armchair adventurers enthralled as he chases truth in the most dangerous of habitats.

Author : Karen Tei Yamashita
Publisher : Coffee House Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2011-04-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781566892858

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Through the Arc of the Rain Forest by Karen Tei Yamashita Pdf

Through the Arc of the Rain Forest is a burlesque of comic-strip adventures and apocalyptic portents that stretches familiar truths to their logical extreme in a future world that is just recognizable enough to be frightening. In the Author's Note," Karen Tei Yamashita writes that her book is like a Brazilian soap opera called a novela: "the novela's story is completely changeable according to the whims of the public psyche and approval, although most likely, the unhappy find happiness; the bad are punished; true love reigns; a popular actor is saved from death ... an idyll striking innocence, boundless nostalgia and terrible ruthlessness." The stage is a vast, mysterious field of impenetrable plastic in the Brazilian rain forest set against a backdrop of rampant environmental destruction, commercialization, poverty, and religious rapture. Through the Arc of the Rainforest is narrated by a small satellite hovering permanently around the head of an innocent character named Kazumasa. Through no fault of his own, Kazumasa seems to draw strange and significant people into his orbit and to find himself at the center of cataclysmic events that involve carrier pigeons, religious pilgrims, industrial espionage, magic feathers, big money, miracles, epidemics, true love, and the virtual end of the world. This book is simultaneously entertaining and depressing, with all the rollicking pessimism you'd expect of a good soap opera or a good political satire."- Kirsten Backstrom, 500 Great Books by Women

Author : Roger Lederer
Publisher : Chartwell
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2011-03-31
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780785827580

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Amazing Bird Facts and Trivia by Roger Lederer Pdf

Amazing Bird Facts and Trivia has over 400 nuggets of information drawn from nature, science, history, and mythology are sure to astound, amuse, and entertain.

Author : Jorge Sotirios
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2012-02-15
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781921941498

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Lonesome George by Jorge Sotirios Pdf

Lonesome George is a comic odyssey that combines travel adventure and comedy in a journey of epic proportions. Author Jorge Sotirios illuminates the beauty of the South American landscape, interweaving its history, culture and people, in his mock heroic quest. Beginning with the writer lured to South American by an Argentine beauty, his journey commences across the equator, through the Amazon jungle and climaxes in the austere Galapagos Islands. Incorporating angels in Argentina to sham Peruvian shaman. From Amazombies appearing on midnight boats, to visiting the lost city of Fordlandia. Accompanying ecowarriors to far -flung villages where jaguars roam, the writer ultimately finds the site of the legendary Amazon warrior women, gliding over the Mirror of the Moon Lake where everything is doubled. The alluring pink dolphin in the Amazon River, said to charm whoever encounters it, is a constant presence. Missionaries and Tarzans coexist with the cult of Che Guevara, with serious topics such as oil exploitation, deforestation and drought. Lonesome George is South America as seen from street and river level and a life- affirming portrayal of people and human emotion as Sotirios' confronts his doppelganger, "Lonesome George", the last surviving tortoise of his species.

Author : Pamela F. Kirby
Publisher : Astra Publishing House
Page : 49 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781620915936

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What Bluebirds Do by Pamela F. Kirby Pdf

Stunning full-color photographs and simple text introduce readers to the natural beauty and amazing behaviors of a pair of Eastern bluebirds. A sky-blue male and his young mate select the perfect place to lay their eggs and raise their chicks—a nest box built especially for them. Soon, hatchlings gape hungrily for their next meal. As the chicks grow, fledge, and learn to find food on their own, award-winning photographer Pamela Kirby captures them in startling close-ups and action shots.

Author : Abby H. P. Werlock
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 859 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : American literature
ISBN : 9781438127439

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Companion to Literature by Abby H. P. Werlock Pdf

Praise for the previous edition:Booklist/RBB "Twenty Best Bets for Student Researchers"RUSA/ALA "Outstanding Reference Source"" ... useful ... Recommended for public libraries and undergraduates."

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Louise Lindsey Merrick Natural
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Nature
ISBN : STANFORD:36105031858017

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Texas Wildlife by Anonim Pdf

Texas Wildlife, Photogrphs from Texas Parks & Wildlife Magazine.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Classical philology
ISBN : UOM:39015066205355

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The Classical Outlook by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1890
Category : Birds
ISBN : UCSD:31822006527519

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Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences by Anonim Pdf

Author : Ricardo Rozzi
Publisher : University of North Texas Press
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Birdsongs
ISBN : 9781574412826

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Multi-ethnic Bird Guide of the Sub-antartic Forests of South America by Ricardo Rozzi Pdf

Presents a cultural ethnography and a guide to the forest birds of southern Chile and Argentina. This title includes entries on fifty bird species, such as the Magellanic Woodpecker, Rufous-Legged Owl, Ringed Kingfisher, Buff-Necked Ibis, Giant Hummingbird, and Andean Condor.

Author : Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1004 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Copyright
ISBN : STANFORD:36105006280999

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Catalog of Copyright Entries by Library of Congress. Copyright Office Pdf