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Mariposa Road
by Robert Michael Pyle
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0618945393
- ISBN 13
- 9780618945399
- Seller
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Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Houghton Miffin, 2010. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. normal wear o/w contents are clean------------------a journey of discovery.
Synopsis
Part road-trip tale, part travelogue of lost and found landscapes, all good-natured natural history, Mariposa Road tracks Bob Pyle’s journey across the United States as he races against the calendar in his search for as many of the 800 American butterflies as he can find. Like Pyle’s classic Chasing Monarchs, Mariposa Road recounts his adventures, high and low, in tracking down butterflies in his own low-tech, individual way. Accompanied by Marsha, his cottonwood-limb butterfly net; Powdermilk, his 1982 Honda Civic with 345,000 miles on the odometer; and the small Leitz binoculars he has carried for more than thirty years, Bob ventured out in a series of remarkable trips from his Northwest home. From the California coastline in company with overwintering monarchs to the Far Northern tundra in pursuit of mysterious sulphurs and arctics; from the zebras and daggerwings of the Everglades to the leafwings, bluewings, and border rarities of the lower Rio Grande; from Graceland to ranchland and Kauai to Key West, these intimate encounters with the land, its people, and its fading fauna are wholly original. At turns whimsical, witty, informative, and inspirational, Mariposa Road is an extraordinary journey of discovery that leads the reader ever farther into butterfly country and deeper into the heart of the naturalist.
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- Bookseller
- Redbrick Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011725
- Title
- Mariposa Road
- Author
- Robert Michael Pyle
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0618945393
- ISBN 13
- 9780618945399
- Publisher
- Houghton Miffin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 2010
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
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