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Item Details
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BACK ROAD TO CRAZY
STORIES FROM THE FIELD |
| By: |
Jennifer Bove (Editor) |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£23.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0874808162 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780874808162 |
| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH PRESS,U.S. |
| Pub. date: |
1 January, 2005 |
| Pages: |
240 |
| Description: |
A collection of adventures by field researchers with the impulse to trade the comfort of a more sheltered career for the demanding work of a biologists working on the frontlines of wildlife studies, botany, and resource management. |
| Synopsis: |
Strap on your snake chaps and slap on some sunscreen as biologist Jennifer Bove takes you out to the field in the company of biologists working on the frontlines of wildlife studies, botany, and resource management. This exuberant and entertaining collection of stories ranges from Myanmar to the Midwest, from Argentina to Alaska and many points in between, offering tales that are by turns thoughtful, funny, tragic, and just-plain-crazy.During five years of working in snake-ridden sloughs and rough northern seas, Jennifer Bove often asked herself 'Why am I doing this?' Realizing her own experiences were only the tip of the iceberg, she invited friends and colleagues to answer the same question. The result is stories that include deadly snakebites, a plague of marmots, special delivery skunk oil, bald eagle wrangling, and a mountain goat loose in the galley of a research vessel. These adventures are the details behind the data collected by these men and women driven to unlock nature s truths. In "The Back Road to Crazy," seasoned researchers and novices alike reveal the impulse to trade the comfort of a more sheltered career for demanding physical labor, whims of weather, and the company of unruly creatures." |
| Illustrations: |
illustrations |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
University of Utah Press,U.S. |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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