Archie Carr (1909-1987) was an eminent naturalist, writer, conservationist, and world authority on sea turtles. Throughout his life he wrote on many aspects of natural history, but he was particularly entranced by the wildlife and ecosystems of Florida, where he lived for more than fifty years. This captivating book-a collection of essays on Florida-provides memorable details and anecdotes about the flora, fauna, and humans that have inhabited this colorful landscape. Carr describes the eating rituals of the snakebird; the personality, courtship, and copulation of box turtles; the way skinks (a type of lizard) use their tails when foraging; and the characteristics of Spanish moss. He ponders why fish migrate to create "jubilees" in certain streams, the effects of disappearing ponds on the plants and animals that live in them, and the captivating activities of alligators and alligator snapping turtles. Carr's essays, many but not all previously published in such magazines as Audubon, Field and Stream, and Wildlife Conservation, are a kind of testimony to and celebration of an exuberant natural landscape that is now seriously threatened.
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When the distinguished naturalist Archie Carr first ranged through the Florida marshes, swamps, and hammocks, the state was a paradise for biologists, a relatively unexplored Eden. Florida would change greatly. And for five decades, Carr, a professor of zoology at the University of Florida who died in 1987, would write about its natural beauty and the encroachments upon it. More than two dozen essays in this collection show his writing at its best. "Carr's essays of Florida shine with charm, grandeur, and a childlike delight. This is the writing not only of a brilliant naturalist, but of a poet and of a journalist. It stands as a memoir to a breathtaking paradise, and as an eloquent call to save what's left of it." --Carl Hiaasen
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Essays celebrating the ecosystems of Florida by late conservationist Carr.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Archie Carr was a renowned naturalist and perhaps the world's expert on marine turtles. He wrote with a lyrical simplicity that reflects the south of the early- and mid-20th century. His elegant descriptions of animals and his understated wit reveal his deep involvement with the natural world and the human processes that are now shaping it. Archie knew Florida like a native and could describe it like no one else of his generation.
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I have tremendous respect for the early leaders in environmental conservation movements. Archie Carr essentially founded the sea turtle conservation program worldwide. This book provides insight into his earlier years and also describes the natural Florida environment that he observed. I deeply regret never having met Dr. Archie Carr, but I appreciate that he shared so many of his thoughts and feelings in this book.
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There is a pond outside the southern window of our house, and watching its inhabitants has brightened our time beside it. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
jubilee fishes, hyacinth raft, rheocrene springs, live oak hammock, scrub lizard, live oak woods, gator holes, wild alligators, snowy heron, migratory ducks, water lettuce, little alligators, moss forest, sport fisherman, southeastern coastal plain, other turtles, gopher tortoise Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
University of Florida, Suwannee River, United States, Wewa Pond, Animal Kingdom, New York, Paynes Prairie, Lake Alice, Archie Carr, John Henry, Cedar Key, South Carolina, White Springs, Old World, South Florida, West Indian, Alligator Country, Bivens Arm, Costa Rica, William Bartram, Apalachicola River, Captain Tucker, Gulf of Mexico, Lake George, Ledwith Lake New!
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There is a pond outside the southern window of our house, and watching its inhabitants has brightened our time beside it. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
jubilee fishes, hyacinth raft, rheocrene springs, live oak hammock, scrub lizard, live oak woods, gator holes, wild alligators, snowy heron, migratory ducks, water lettuce, little alligators, moss forest, sport fisherman, southeastern coastal plain, other turtles, gopher tortoise Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
University of Florida, Suwannee River, United States, Wewa Pond, Animal Kingdom, New York, Paynes Prairie, Lake Alice, Archie Carr, John Henry, Cedar Key, South Carolina, White Springs, Old World, South Florida, West Indian, Alligator Country, Bivens Arm, Costa Rica, William Bartram, Apalachicola River, Captain Tucker, Gulf of Mexico, Lake George, Ledwith Lake New!
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- Travels Through North And South Carolina by William Bartram on 6 pages
- Travels Through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida by William Bartram on 4 pages
- Ulendo: Travels of a Naturalist In and Out of Africa by Archie F. Carr on page 91, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- High Jungles and Low by Archie F. Carr in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- Handbook of Turtles: The Turtles of the United States, Canada, and Baja California (Comstock Classic Handbooks) by Archie Carr in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- St. Johns River Guidebook by Kevin M McCarthy on page 105, and Back Matter
- Florida (Ecotravellers Wildlife Guides) by Fiona Sunquist on page 231
- Whispers in the Pines: A Naturalist in the Northeast by Joanna Burger in Back Matter
- The Philosopher Fish: Sturgeon, Caviar, and the Geography of Desire by Richard Adams Carey in Back Matter
- Florida by Joy Williams on page 21
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