This book is a non-redacted collection of "Letters Home," arranged chronologically and spanning three decades mostly in the late 1900s. Collectively, these letters convey, in a very personal manner, the state of natural history and biological research as conducted by one ardent academician near the turn of the 21st century. John C. Avise is a Distinguished Professor at the University of California at Irvine, and an elected member of the National Academy...