Snake Hunting on the Devil's Highway: Humorous Tales from the Glory Days of Snake Hunting

Lapidus, Richard

ISBN 10: 159858216X / ISBN 13: 9781598582161

Published by Dog Ear Pub Llc, 2006

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Binding tight.Cover clean.Minor wear to page edges and corners. Paperback.Ex-library with the usual library labels and marks.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Snake Hunting on the Devil's Highway: Humorous Tales from the Glory Days of Snake Hunting
• Publisher: Dog Ear Pub Llc
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 159858216X
• ISBN 13: 9781598582161
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 8 ounces
• Seller catalogs:
  • LNFLiterary Non-Fiction

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Synopsis

On his first snake hunting trip to southeastern Arizona, the author was taunted and belittled by the owner of a small café because he expressed a fear of insects. The author extracted revenge by releasing a large rattlesnake in the crowded eatery. That's where the fun begins in this humorous accounting of the true-life trials and tribulations of two unlikely friends, Richard Lapidus and Buz Lunsford, as they traveled hundreds of miles each summer to spend a few days and nights hunting for snakes, and found themselves in the middle of situations (sometimes dangerous--always funny), mainly around the Chiricahua National Monument and Highway 666. More than snakes were encountered on the summer trips, however; and, through humorous short stories, other desert creatures are discussed, including bats, arachnids, lizards, frogs, toads, turtles, birds, skunks, insects, spiders, rabbits, coatimundis, rangers, law enforcement officials and other unusual two and four-legged critters. As Master of Ceremonies of the Warren Earp Days and Western Book Exposition in 2002, Richard Lapidus stood before the large group and told the story of his first snake hunting trip to that very city of Willcox, Arizona. There was so much laughter and good cheer that Richard was overwhelmed. He later dusted off his notes, and with the assistance of many people, assembled the stories in this collection.