Ulendo
Title | Ulendo PDF eBook |
Author | Archie Carr |
Publisher | |
Pages | 303 |
Release | 1964 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 9780813011790 |
From reviews of the first edition "The journey . . . is really through Archie Carr's mind, where it is easy to move from Africa to Florida or Central America, or from mechanical dredges to prehistoric monsters. The result is always interesting because Mr. Carr has a rare ability to look at the world freshly."--Marston Bates, New York Times "The sights to which he calls our attention . . . the mile-high mushroom swarms of kungu flies of Lake Nyasa, the buzzards' ready manipulation of whirlwinds . . . are merely the chords from which, with the toughness of science and the insight of art, he improvises a brilliant opera of speculations about the evolution of animal adaptive behavior."--The New Yorker In the timeless voice of a classic, Ulendo speaks to readers today with even more force and elegance than it did on its first publication in 1954. Written by Florida's preeminent nature writer, this memoir describes the African journey--the "ulendo," as they say in Malawi--of Archie Carr, who spent several summers in Africa on official business to study animal-borne diseases and sea turtle habitats. His secret aim, he wrote, was "to see my dream of Africa unfold." Revealed here in images of pythons, fly spouts, and curious men, his dream became a passion to preserve the African wilderness. "I had thought of Africa as inexhaustible," he wrote in the preface. "Now, however, I am not able to get rid of the thought of its waning. It comes repeatedly into the Ulendo story, and has modified somewhat the tone of blithe irresponsibility I was aiming for." Every few days during his trips he wrote letters to his wife and five children at home in Florida, and these personal asides, full of devotion to his family and enthusiasm for his adventure, are published for the first time in this new paperback edition. "Of course it was a lonely summer," Marjorie Carr writes in her prologue to the 1952 correspondence. "Archie's letters, written on little thin airmail stationery, were anxiously awaited and read and reread." With the reappearance of this collector's treasure, a new generation has the opportunity to experience the adventures and passions of this eloquent naturalist. Archie Carr, Jr. (1909-87), world-renowned sea turtle expert, was the University of Florida's first graduate research professor. Among his many books are The Windward Road (UPF, 1979), High Jungles and Low (UPF, 1992), So Excellent a Fishe, and several volumes for the Life Nature Library. In addition to countless awards for scientific work, Carr received the O. Henry Memorial Award, the John Burroughs Medal, and the first Hal Borland Award of the National Audubon Society for his writing.
Travels of William Bartram
Title | Travels of William Bartram PDF eBook |
Author | William Bartram |
Publisher | Courier Corporation |
Pages | 470 |
Release | 1955-01-01 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 9780486200132 |
Reprint of 1791 ed.
Travels of a Naturalist
Title | Travels of a Naturalist PDF eBook |
Author | Adolphe Boucard |
Publisher | Рипол Классик |
Pages | 238 |
Release | 1894 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
A record of adventures, discoveries, history and customs of Americans and Indians, habits and descriptions of animals, chiefly made in North America, California, Mexico, Central America, Columbia, Chili, etc., during the last fort
Travels of a Naturalist
Title | Travels of a Naturalist PDF eBook |
Author | Adolphe Boucard |
Publisher | Legare Street Press |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2022-10-27 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781017901986 |
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The Nearsighted Naturalist
Title | The Nearsighted Naturalist PDF eBook |
Author | Ann Zwinger |
Publisher | University of Arizona Press |
Pages | 308 |
Release | 1998-08 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 9780816518814 |
A collection of writings about nature follows the author's early life in Indiana, to her home in Colorado, and to her journeys west and overseas
Travels of a Naturalist, Etc. [With a Portrait.].
Title | Travels of a Naturalist, Etc. [With a Portrait.]. PDF eBook |
Author | Adolphus BOUCARD |
Publisher | |
Pages | 204 |
Release | 1894 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
The Travels of the Naturalist Charles A. Lesueur in North America, 1815-1837
Title | The Travels of the Naturalist Charles A. Lesueur in North America, 1815-1837 PDF eBook |
Author | Ernest T. Hamy |
Publisher | |
Pages | 118 |
Release | |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780608183817 |