[Dapatkan] [eBooks] Rattlesnakes
By J. Frank Dobie
Here are observations and speculations, legends and yarns, even gossip
about the habits and dispositions of these extraordinary creatures--
rattlesnakes--their reported size, deadliness, and power to charm their
natural enemies. Here are descriptions of actual fights to the death
between rattlesnakes and other animals and accounts of the strange
experiences human beings have had with them, as well as tips on where to
find them and how to act when you see one.Dobie began systematically
collecting lore about the rattlesnake world many years ago, using some of
it in such regional publications as Southwest Review and incorporating
much of it into essays--with the intention of eventually putting together a
book about rattlesnakes. Now, in this collection of twenty-two articles, his
wish is posthumously fulfilled.Only Frank Dobie could tell of this
fascinating and frightening creature with such wisdom and humor, thereby
tempering "the age-old feud between the snake and man." And the
