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Chico, George, the birds, and me : the Mexican travelogue of a woman naturalist, 1948-1949

Title
Chico, George, the birds, and me : the Mexican travelogue of a woman naturalist, 1948-1949 / by Dorothy Chapman Saunders ; edited and annotated by Henry M. Reeves and Roy E. Tomlinson ; epilogue by Jesús G. Franco Pizaña.
Author
Saunders, Dorothy Chapman.
Publication
College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2008], ©2008.

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Additional Authors
  • Reeves, Henry M.
  • Tomlinson, Roy E.
Description
xxii, 217 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map, music; 25 cm.
Summary
"When a mysterious manila envelope reached the hands of Henry "Milt" Reeves, no one could have anticipated the story that waited inside. Enclosed he found a manuscript - a typewritten carbon copy on onion-skin paper - written half a century earlier and yellowed with age. Each fragile page unfolded the first-person description of a trip Dorothy Chapman Saunders had taken to Mexico in 1948 and 1949 with her husband and seasoned ornithologist, George, to conduct field surveys of waterfowl and white-winged doves for the U.S. government." "Chico, George, the Birds, and Me presents Saunders's near-daily personal account of this five-month-long ornithological expedition and provides a glimpse into the dynamic life of a frontier biologist making her mark in a man's world." "Saunders adeptly describes the birds they saw and the survey work they did. She also charts the other details of their journey as they traveled south from Reynosa to Mexico City, then to Acapulco and Oaxaca, east to Veracruz, north to Tamaulipas and, finally, back to McAllen, Texas, Slowly chugging along in the under-powered jeep they affectionately dubbed "Chico," they explored lakes, lagoons, and volcanoes, Aztec ruins, markets, churches, and even old burro trails."--BOOK JACKET.
Series Statement
Louise Lindsey Merrick natural environment series ; no. 43
Uniform Title
Louise Lindsey Merrick natural environment series ; no. 43.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-213) and index.
Contents
Ch. 1. To Mexico with George, Chico, and Chiquita -- Ch. 2. To Lakes Cuitzeo and Patzcuaro -- Ch. 3. Chapala and Guadalajara -- Ch. 4. Magatlan and Tepic -- Ch. 5. Manzanillo -- Ch. 6. Off to the Mangrove Swamps of Guerrero -- Ch. 7. To the Gulf of Mexico -- Ch. 8. Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, and Chiapas -- Ch. 9. Xochimilco and White-winged Doves in Tamaulipas -- Ch. 10. Hasta la vista, Mexico -- Epilogue / Jesus G. Franco Pizana -- App. Bird List.
ISBN
  • 9781603440615 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 1603440615 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
  • 2008005212
  • 40015952256
OCLC
  • ocn191882094
  • 191882094
  • SCSB-5435649
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries