The Tangled Bank - Writings from Orion

Informationen zum Autor Robert Michael Pyle dwells with his wife, Thea, a botanist and weaver, in an old Swedish farmstead in southwest Washington, USA. His sixteen books include the John Burroughs Medal-winning Wintergreen, The Thunder Tree, Sky Time in Gray's River, and Mariposa Road. A Guggenheim Fellow and founder of The Xerces Society, he is often associated with butterflies, slugs, and Bigfoot. Klappentext Robert Michael Pyle's popular "Tangled Bank” column appeared in fifty-two consecutive issues of Orion and Orion Afield magazines over eleven years. Pyle's thoughtful and concise narratives range in subject from hops and those who love them to independent bookstores to the monarchs of Mexico. In each piece! Pyle refutes "the idea that the world is a boring place”! sharing his meticulous observations of the endless and fascinating details of the living earth.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Michael Pyle
• Publisher: The University of Arizona Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.2012
• EAN: 9780870716799
• ISBN: 978-0-87071-679-9
• No. of pages: 198
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology