Good Times in the Badlands

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Within these pages are the recollections of more than a half-century of fossil collecting in the American West with Morris F. Skinner, Frick Curator Emeritus, American Museum of Natural History, New York, N.Y. This book about Morris and Marie Skinner and their associates is not a "how to" book, nor is it a scientific thesis. You can read about the science of paleontology in dozens of textbooks and dissertations. Expeditions to collect fossils with Morris were serious scientific endeavors and rife with physical hardships. Nonetheless, joyful enthusiasm and good humor filled each day. This book paints a picture of an era that is forever gone. It is freewheeling, poetic, humorous and nostalgic. Although fossil collecting is rooted in the science of Paleontology, Good Times in the Badlands focuses on the effervescence or spirit of the profession instead.

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On Hard Times and Other Stories

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Paddy, the old sheepdog, and Amy, the little butterfly, are an unlikely pair on a mission to help-who, what and how, they are not sure, but they know they must complete it, or something dreadful will happen. Driven by that certain knowledge, the pair journey into the unknown, combining their special talents to overcome danger and avert disaster. Experienced, strong and resourceful, Paddy is an ever vigilant sentinel for the brave but impetuous Amy who is excited, and scared, on her first trip away from family. Other books by John Dutch include (part of marketing and book description):SunshineWhen I Need A HandApril BrookerApril Brooker: The TournamentApril Brooker and Emily McLeanApril Brooker: The FamilyGames of ConsequencePlaying AdvantageApril and AndersonA New Beginning

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Upriver and Downstream: The Best Fly-Fishing and Angling Adventures from the New York Times

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Upriver and Downstream gathers seventy columns about fishing—from freshwater to saltwater, from small ponds to the Great Lakes, from the Pacific Northwest to post-Soviet Russia—written for the “Outdoors” column of the New York Times.

Contributors include such celebrated names as Nick Lyons, Thomas McGuane, Nelson Bryant, Peter Kaminsky, Ernest Schweibert, and Robert H. Boyle. Short, evocative, informative, and entertaining, here are pieces about fly-fishing for wild brook trout, bait-fishing for striped bass, casting into tailwaters, or angling in midwinter. The settings range from Hudson River piers to the Florida Everglades, from Iceland to the Amazon, and the fish include everything from the common sunfish to the esoteric paddlefish. These engaging essays remind us of what fishing is all about: companionship and solitude, challenge and relaxation, nature and technology, from coast-to-coast to around the globe.

Rich with the particulars of water, light, and air, as well as a keen awareness of, as Verlyn Klinkenborg puts it in his introduction, “what is happening out there—in the deep, in the shallows, at the end of the line,” these reflections and recollections beautifully capture the natural world and one of life’s most challenging, perennial pursuits.


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