"I believe that all naturalists at some time in their lives have had one great adventure, and that the shock, ecstasy, beautty, wonder, tragedy, or intellectual illumination of that moment, hour, or day, they carry with them the rest of their lives."
So writes John K. Terres in the introduction to this unique book, which was conceived to keep alive some of the most thrilling experiences of distinguished contemporary naturalists. It contains thirty-six narratives written expressly for this volume by such men as Olin Sewall Pettingill, John Kieran, Alexander Sprunt and others of comparable celebrity.
Some describe the search for rare specimens, others give vivid accounts of personal danger, and still others offer rare and poignant observations of the natural world. There are accounts of magnificent spectacles of wildlife in Africa, the Himalayas, and the Canadian arctic, of renegade wolves along the Mexican border, of the thrilling pursuit of wildlife from rugged Funk Island off the coast of Newfoundland, to Oregon, California, the Gulf of Mexico, the tropical jungles of Central America and the high Andes of South America.
Taken together, these selections are dramatic evidence of the excitement of nature study—and rewarding reading for all nature enthusiasts.
—from the dust jacket
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