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ALCOCK, JOHN Masked Bobwhite Rides Again, the . . . Sonoran Desert
USA: University of Arizona Press, 1993. First. Soft Cover. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2" 0816514054 1993 Softcover 1st ... Brand new from publisher ... Never opened , Never owned , Never marked ... Gift Giving quality ... 186 pages ... Charles Bowden, author of Blue Desert and Deserito , says about this fascinating book : " To love the Sonoran Desert is to leave it alone ... Here's a manual for desert lovers ... and a warning about the most dangerous thing in the arid lands ... not the rattlesnake ... not the Gila monster or the scorpion ... but something far more letal ... the cow." ... ' Join Alcock on a tour of the Sonoran Desert and a trek along Usery Peak and Superstition Mountain in southeastern Arizona as he offers his observations of this remarkable desert ecosystem and its environs. In a series of essays, Alcock, a zoology professor at Arizona State University in Tempe and the author of several works on the Sonoran Desert, describes his encounters with saguaro cactus, kangaroo rats, army ants, termites, gnatcatchers, towhees, coyotes, black bears, warblers, and other flora and fauna and their behaviors and roles in the desert ecosystem. He discusses the history of settlement and growth in Arizona and the hostility of Anglo settlers toward Native Americans, which virtually destroyed the Arizona Apaches. Alcock is not kind to ranchers, whom he faults for causing ecological damage by grazing livestock on deserts and other public lands and for failing to understand the precarious balance of the desert. All readers will easily identify with Alcock's love of this land and wish they were there. ' .... " The Masked Bobwhite Rides Again " ... by John Alcock ... published by the University of Arizona Press ... 1993 Softcover ***. New .
Offered for US$ 14.95 by: Cavendish International Books & Music - Book number: 3758
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