Barbara Caruso
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c1993
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xx, 276 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Most of us think of bugs as pesky creatures we squish under our shoes or bat away with our hands. Under the microscope of Sue Hubbell's keen eye emerges an exciting world we rarely take the time to see. Author of A Country Year, Hubbell writes regularly for The New Yorker, Smithsonian, and Discover magazines, bringing to her delightful essays the practical veracity of a gentlewoman farmer, and the style and Elan of an eccentric who has found her bliss....
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1999
Physical Desc
x, 242 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
After 25 years on a farm in the Ozarks, award-winning writer and naturalist Sue Hubbell moved to a small town on the coast of Maine. There, in the pools, tides, and thickets, she found a vast array of creatures that aroused her considerable curiosity. Join Hubbell on a unique tour of the world of invertebrates. From humpbacked camel crickets to glow worms, from horseshoe crabs to elegantly-furred sea mice, Hubbell offers vivid descriptions and fascinating...