Bud Jones has collected an amazing number of friends and acquaintances over a wondrous lifetime as a naturalist and teacher Readers of this book Some Wild Animals I Have Known will meet a vast collection of creatures that skitter creep slither dash bound and soar The brief chapters are full of notes made from both research and personal experience There is much to learn about the coloring personalities habitats and life cycles of these dozens of insects mammals reptiles and birds Yet this is no garden variety nature guide but rather an invitation to come out to the wild and share the world of nature Filled with anecdotes and personal memories Jones imparts a passion for living that is nearly endangered today Wild Animals Holds particular interest to people in the Southeastern United States Most of the chapters revolve around the Tallapoosa River environs in rural Georgia It also relates to animals of the Western United States and elsewhere giving the book a North America wide scope It brims with a story teller s wit Did you hear the one about the farmer who went out in his Long johns to shoot a fox in the henhouse Bud knew him and tells why the man ate nothing but fried chicken for a while How about the story of the gospel singer the man without a sense of smell and the treed polecat Unfortunately Bud was caught in the spray of that yarn It is also unusual sampling of all forms of outdoor life and explains why men and women thrill to the call of the wild and leave behind for at least a day the world of fast food and computers
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Bud Jones is the author of five Western novels and one book about growing up in his hometown of Tallapoosa, Georgia. He has been in the Taxidermy business for over 60 years and has mounted trophies not only from North America, but South America, Mexico, Africa, and Canada as well. His hunting experience is considerable, and in all these years he has kept notes, photos, etc., of the many animals with which he has come in contact. Bud and his wife Jackie have three children, Hilly is an artist and does all the illustrations for Bud's books. Robin is a physical therapist, and Cherry works in the family business. Bud is a Baptist deacon, and Jackie is the church organist at Bethany Baptist Church in Tallapoosa where they are members.
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