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By Roland H. Wauer,Nancy McGowan

ISBN-10: 0292791178

ISBN-13: 9780292791176

Something approximately colossal Bend nationwide Park attracts viewers many times. perhaps it is the spare fantastic thing about the mountains and desolate tract, the sunrise refrain of birds, or the vibrant stars within the velvet evening. All of this stuff have made it Roland Wauer's favourite position. during this e-book, he stocks his love of the large Bend via magazine entries that chronicle a yr within the lifetime of the park.

Wauer labored as leader Park Naturalist from 1966 to 1972 and has visited the park usually ever considering. His magazine entries span those thirty years, delivering not just a composite portrait of a regular 12 months but in addition a transparent feel of ways the park's traditional background has replaced over 3 a long time. He spices his account with anecdotes, usually funny, starting from stumbling throughout a herd of javelinas to being trailed by way of a mountain lion in the dead of night to getting to know new species of crops and animals.

Few authors understand the massive Bend as Roland Wauer does or have written approximately it in a extra enticing method. This fantastically illustrated e-book is the best spouse for a trip to the park, no matter if in individual or via armchair.

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