Naturalist's Guide to Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks (Naturalist's Guide Series) - Softcover

Craighead Jr., Frank C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 076274023X ISBN 13: 9780762740239

Publisher: Falcon Guides, 2006

Synopsis

This book is a remarkable chronicle of the interrelationships between all living things in one of America's most mythical wild places, the Teton-Yellowstone area. Based on the detailed daily journals that Dr. Frank Craighead kept during his years living in Grand Teton National Park, this book reveals the patterns of life that revolve around the changing seasons, with beautiful narration and hundreds of color photographs.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Discoverhidden patterns of the natural world.

Did you know that grizzly bears are just leaving their dens when the first dandelions appear? That salmon flies are hatching as wild strawberries begin to ripen? That bull elk are bugling when aspen leaves turn to gold?

A Naturalist's Guide to Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks is a book unique in the literature of natural history. Dr. Frank C. Craighead, Jr., one of America's most distinguished field biologists, studied the plants and animals of the Greater Yellowstone Area for more than forty-five years, keeping detailed daily journals. In this fascinating book he shares his discoveries about the patterns of life that revolve around the changing seasons.

For naturalists, this book is a remarkable chronicle of the interrelationships between all living things. For anyone interested in the Teton-Yellowstone area and the entire Northern Rocky Mountain region, this book opens the door to greater understanding-and appreciation-of the natural cycles in one of America's last wild places.

About the Author:

Dr Frank Craighead, Jr. was one of America's most distinguished field biologists, and he studied the plants and animals of the Greater Yellowstone ecosystem for more than forty-five years. Best known for his pioneering grizzly bear research with his twin brother, John, Dr. Craighead is also the author of Track of the Grizzly and co-author of A Field Guide to Rocky Mountain Wildflowers.

About this edition

• Publisher: Falcon Guides
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 076274023X
• ISBN 13: 9780762740239
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 232