Fire and fauna : tales of a life untamed /
Wildlife biologist and gopher tortoise expert Joan E. Berish has spent her life studying and appreciating animals. From Fire to Fauna is a unique, educational and often humorous memoir reflecting the life of a woman in the field of wildlife conservation and her associated escapades early in life and...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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College Station :
Texas A&M University Press,
[2019].
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Integrative natural history series.
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| Summary: | Wildlife biologist and gopher tortoise expert Joan E. Berish has spent her life studying and appreciating animals. From Fire to Fauna is a unique, educational and often humorous memoir reflecting the life of a woman in the field of wildlife conservation and her associated escapades early in life and today. Berish recounts her eventful and sometimes absurd journey to become a wildlife researcher. Outrunning treetop flames, spending a night in jail with a threatened species and surviving a stalled airplane engine while searching for a missing tortoise, Berish introduces readers to the adventures, triumphs and heartbreaks that comprise a lifetime of working with animals, animals, both domestic and wild. |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | x, 235 pages, [24] pages of color plates : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9781623498313 1623498317 |