Bibliograph

A naturalist in Alaska., Illustrated by Olaus J. Murie. Photos. by the author and Charles J. Ott

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A naturalist in Alaska., Illustrated by Olaus J. Murie. Photos. by the author and Charles J. Ott

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A naturalist in Alaska.

Oclc number

1313340

Responsibility statement

Illustrated by Olaus J. Murie. Photos. by the author and Charles J. Ott

Series statement

American naturalists series

Summary

Narrative of a field biologist's observations on the behavior and biology of numerous animals from 1922, mainly in Mount McKinley National Park. Included are the lynx, grizzly bear, moose, wolverine, wolf, fox, Dall sheep, caribou, etc., and several birds. Also described are the ecologic and such other relationships as that of bears to squirrels, bears and man, gulls and mice, wolves and caribou, etc. (AB81453)

Table Of Contents

Wilderness- North -- The lynx and the pendulum -- The ways of grizzly bears -- Bears and squirrels -- Of bears and men -- The grizzly and Wags's fish -- Nokomis and Old Rosy -- Why teen-age grizzlies leave home -- Picturesque moose -- Wolverine trails -- Reynard of the North -- Split-ear, the fox -- Happy foraging -- The Alaska haymouse -- Gulls and mice -- In search of wolves -- Battles at the East Fork den -- Wolf home life -- Dall sheep -- The wolves go sheep hunting -- The caribou herds -- Wolves hunt caribou -- Cranes and caribou

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