Facts, Fancies, and Folklore About Snakes - Softcover

Hubert J. Davis

9780936015590: Facts, Fancies, and Folklore About Snakes

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ISBN 10: 0936015594 ISBN 13: 9780936015590

Publisher: Pocahontas Press, 1995

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This book provides a history of the myths and folklore surrounding snakes, dispelling fears and broadening common knowledge of these long-hated and misunderstood creatures.

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About the Author

Hubert J. Davis is a native of Richlands, Virginia. He holds a B.A. degree from Emory and Henry College and an M.A. from Vanderbilt University. He has done graduate work at the University of Virginia, the College of William and Mary, the University of Colorado, and Cornell University. He served as consultant to the U.S. State Department in Germany; as science instructor in the public schools of Wise and Tazewell counties and the Cities of Williamsburg, Portsmouth, and Chesapeake in Virginia; and as science consultant to the educational television station WHRO-TV. He has written extensively in the fields of science education, science, and folklore. In 1988, Davis was named Science Educator of the Year at the Tidewater Regional Science Fair (Virginia), and he received the Paxton Award for the Outstanding Torch Paper of 1987. Davis lives with his wife, Ruby, in Portsmouth, Virginia, where he devotes full time to writing folklore and science.

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