A New York Times Bestseller Film rights optioned by Robert Redford Alan Tennant recounts his all-out, unprecedented effort to radio-track the transcontinental migration of the peregrine falcon. Tennant's partner in falcon-chasing is George Vose, a septuagenarian World War II pilot. As the two men nearly lose their lives and run afoul of the law ...
This all-new edition of the popular field guide provides photographs and descriptions of all species and subspecies of snakes of Eastern and Central North America from Texas to Manitoba, to the Eastern seaboard of the continent.
This volume describes and illustrates all of the 105 species of snakes in Texas, the state with the largest number of different species in the nation. Facts on the biology and behavior are given, plus the latest findings on abundance, reproduction, prey, sizes, and habitat. Includes new taxonomic groupings. Color photos.
There are seventy known species of snakes in Florida, and this comprehensive field guide describes each and every one of them, from the mysterious Brahminy blind snake to the South Florida Rainbow Snake, the rarest snake in North America.
Texas not only boasts the largest snakes in North America but also the largest number of species---105. This guide describes, in detail, every one of them: from the benign Texas long-nosed snake to the venomous Western cottonmouth. 128 photos. maps.
"The Guadalupe Mountains of the Big Bend region of Texas contain some of the wildest and most magnificent scenery of any primordial wilderness area in the world. The 60 spectacular color photographs in this book vividly capture this extraordinary and pristine landscape while providing a splendid visual reference for Alan Tennant's marvelous ...
Based on fact, but told with the imagination of a novelist, "Strangers" is the story of the author's family, the Tennants. Margot Asquith and Pamela Tennant (nee Wyndham), warring sisters-in-law; Pamela's children, her 'jewels' - Clare the wilful beauty, Stephen Tennant the outrageous aesthete, David the nightclub king, and the steady, sensible ...
In this extraordinary naturalist adventure saga, Alan Tennant, a passionate student of wildlife and of the peregrine falcon in particular, endeavours to radio-track the bird's transcontinental migration - something no one before him had ever attempted. At the time of his flight, in the mid-1980s, researchers were still unsure of the peregrine's ...
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The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature, and Fowl Obsession
