Handbook of Snakes of the United States and Canada: Comstock Classic Handbooks (2 Vol. Set) [Paperback]

Albert Hazen Wright (Author), Anna Allen Wright (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 1105 pages
• Publisher: Comstock Pub Assoc (June 28, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0801482143
• ISBN-13: 978-0801482144
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 2.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,418,521 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars THE BEST WORK IN THIS FIELD!, July 10, 1998

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This review is from: Handbook of Snakes of the United States and Canada: Comstock Classic Handbooks (2 Vol. Set) (Paperback)

If you want all the details of habitat, general areas and specific locations of occurence, scientific nomenclature and classification, numbers of specimens actually found AND the time of day or night when found; in short, a thoroughness of American snakes that is unsurpassed, this book has been outdone by none.

The photographs are documentary (lab like) in style; this is not your high color coffee table- like photo work. But they are clear and produced for the positive identification of species.

This book came out many years ago. The technical information is still terrific. But read closely in places, old Americana is here. Listen for the desert winds, crackling cinders in the campfire, the lurching old '49 car, the sighing from the abandoned mine that gave all she had to give. There are interesting "field" stories scattered, albeit sparsely, but scattered through the books (two volumes).

Without a doubt, the absolute classic in its field. The husband and wife team has never been surpassed.