A Naturalist's Guide to Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks (Naturalist's Guide Series) [Paperback]

Frank C. Craighead Jr. (Author)

Book Description

Series: Naturalist's Guide Series | Publication Date: March 1, 2006

Detail the natural events and the relation of these events to each other and to changing seasons and climate in the Grand Teton-Yellowstone Area .

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From the Back Cover

Discoverhidden patterns of the natural world.

Did you know that grizzly bears are just leaving their dens when the first dandelions appear? That salmon flies are hatching as wild strawberries begin to ripen? That bull elk are bugling when aspen leaves turn to gold?

A Naturalist's Guide to Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks is a book unique in the literature of natural history. Dr. Frank C. Craighead, Jr., one of America's most distinguished field biologists, studied the plants and animals of the Greater Yellowstone Area for more than forty-five years, keeping detailed daily journals. In this fascinating book he shares his discoveries about the patterns of life that revolve around the changing seasons.

For naturalists, this book is a remarkable chronicle of the interrelationships between all living things. For anyone interested in the Teton-Yellowstone area and the entire Northern Rocky Mountain region, this book opens the door to greater understanding-and appreciation-of the natural cycles in one of America's last wild places.

About the Author

Dr Frank Craighead, Jr. was one of America's most distinguished field biologists, and he studied the plants and animals of the Greater Yellowstone ecosystem for more than forty-five years. Best known for his pioneering grizzly bear research with his twin brother, John, Dr. Craighead is also the author of Track of the Grizzly and co-author of A Field Guide to Rocky Mountain Wildflowers.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 232 pages
• Publisher: Falcon; 2nd edition (March 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 076274023X
• ISBN-13: 978-0762740239
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #215,015 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #28 in Books > Travel > United States > States > Wyoming

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Science and Celebration, March 24, 2000

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Carrie (Moose, Wyoming) - See all my reviews

This review is from: For Everything There Is a Season: The Sequence of Natural Events in the Grand Teton-Yellowstone Area (Paperback)

For anyone who's in love with the land of the Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons, Craighead's book is required reading. What a joy to follow the changes of the seasons and the cycle of birth and migration of the area's animals with this knowledgeable man as a guide! Craighead focuses on weekly changes in climate and life, and each week is brimming with details of flora and fauna. I am constantly learning about my home, but this book isn't just for Jackson Hole dwellers - there are vivid photos on every page and extensive appendices for birders and amateur ecologists, as well as mammoth additional reading lists and a detailed index. Thanks, Frank.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Same as For Everything There Is A Season, March 27, 2006

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D. Ryan (Jackson Hole Wyoming) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Naturalist's Guide to Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks (Naturalist's Guide Series) (Paperback)

This book is a literal reprint with a new cover and new title of Frank Craighead's previous book "For Everything There Is A Season". If you're interested in the natural history of the greater Yellowstone region or in the correlations of natural events then one of these are a must have addition to your library. But they are identical with nothing more than a cover and title change so do not buy both.

The book is great, but buyers should be aware that it is an exact reprint with a new jacket and a new title. I certainly wouldn't have purchased an exact copy of a book already in my library and feel that Amazon and the publisher should make this clear.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Biologist's Lovesong to Wyoming, August 15, 2001

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Rebecca E. Eagan (Winter Park, FL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: For Everything There Is a Season: The Sequence of Natural Events in the Grand Teton-Yellowstone Area (Paperback)

As one who was first shown the Northern Lights, alerted to a bull elk's bugle, and introduced to Blue Flax (Linum lewisii) by Frank Craighead, and one favored with the chance to rent a cabin from him facing the Tetons and to enjoy many hours of conversation and dinners with him and his family, I feel qualified to say that this rare book, FOR EVERYTHING THERE IS A SEASON, is a portrait of the man as well as the biologist. With an almost poetic passion (but minus sentimentality), Frank shares with us the intricate details of biotic life in the Grand Teton-Yellowstone ecosystems---what "events" occur coinstantaneously and may signal the occurence of what OTHER events, within each given season and "subseason". His knowledge of these interrelationships is transfixing to the amateur naturalist (like myself!), and inspiring. The flow of Life itself brims from this book. And while he could easily hoard such choice hints as where and when to find morel mushrooms or certain rare flowers, he doesn't: He is generous in trusting his readers to not harm the biota they discover via his book. A better homage and resource book for this region could not be found.