Tracks and Shadows: Field Biology as Art

by Harry W. Greene

Book Overview

Intellectually rich, intensely personal, and beautifully written, Tracks and Shadows is both an absorbing autobiography of a celebrated field biologist and a celebration of beauty in nature. Harry W. Greene, award-winning author of Snakes: The Evolution of Mystery in Nature, delves into the poetry of field biology, showing how nature eases our existential quandaries. More than a memoir, the book is about the wonder of snakes, the beauty...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520232755
• ISBN13: 9780520232754
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.1"