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Author Baker, Karle Wilson, 1878-1960.

Title The birds of Tanglewood / by Karle Wilson Baker ; illustrated by Charlotte Baker Montgomery ; introduction and notes by Sarah Ragland Jackson
Edition 1st ed
Published College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 148 pages) : illustrations
Series Sam Rayburn series on rural life ; no. 11
Sam Rayburn series on rural life ; no. 11.
Contents The birds of Tanglewood -- Window lore -- An aerial harvest -- Domesticity with wings
Summary Annotation In the intimate language of one who watched birds daily, Karle Wilson Baker brought readers face to face with the wonders of the East Texas woods in the 1930s. She wrote about tiny warblers, industrious chickadees, and purple finches; the aery trills and tantalizing color flashes of the hummingbirds; the bell tones of the woodthrush; the daily visits and rare drop-ins of the prolific bird life of the region. In a daily diary she kept throughout her life, Baker recorded her observations of the many birds that lived in the heavily wooded setting of her Nacogdoches home, called Tanglewood. When her family moved from the house, she collected her essays on bird life into this volume, illustrated by her daughter Charlotte and published in 1930. Her little classic speaks with the voice of her times to readers today who enjoy their avian companions. For more about the author of this charming volume, see Texas Woman of Letters, Karle Wilson Baker, a biography written by Sarah Ragland Jackson and published by Texas A & M University Press
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes English
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Subject Birds -- Texas, East
Birds -- Texas, East
NATURE -- Animals -- Birds.
NATURE -- Birdwatching Guides.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- Ornithology.
Birds
East Texas
Form Electronic book
Author Jackson, Sarah Ragland
ISBN 9781603445375
1603445374
1299052223
9781299052222