Levin, Ted, 1948-

America's snake : the rise and fall of the timber rattlesnake / Ted Levin ; illustrations by Alexandra Westrich. - xxvi, 481 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 441-464) and index.

My life with timber rattlesnakes -- How cool is this: an introduction to timber rattlesnakes -- Egress: the dangers of leaving home -- A quirky subculture -- Quasimodo in the Blue Hills -- Live free or die -- Zero at the bone -- A long, muscular tube -- Interlude: high summer -- The dangers of being male -- The dangers of being female -- A commodity of rattlesnakes -- Ingress: the dangers of coming home -- Chaos of rocks -- Among rattlesnakes -- Into the abyss -- The last rattlesnake -- Epilogue: the ambiguous world of the timber rattlesnake.

9780226040646 (cloth : alk. paper) 022604064X (cloth : alk. paper)

2015037816


Timber rattlesnake.
Snakes--United States.

QL666.O69 / L495 2016

597.96/38