Format:
Book
Title:
The sound of a wild snail eating / Elisabeth Tova Bailey.
Author:
Bailey, Elisabeth Tova.
Call Number:
594.38 Bailey
Edition:
1st ed.
Publisher, Date:
Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2010.
Description:
xiii, 190 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Subjects:
Bailey, Elisabeth Tova -- Health.
Snails as pets -- Anecdotes.
Gastropoda -- Physiology.
Gastropoda -- Anatomy.
Chronically ill -- Biography.
John Burroughs Medal, Excellence in Natural History.
Adult core collection.
Contents:
The violet-pot adventures. Field violets ; Discovery ; Explorations -- A green kingdom. The forest floor ; Life in a microcosm ; Time and territory -- Juxtapositions. Thousands of teeth ; Telescopic tentacles ; Marvelous spirals ; Secret recipes -- The cultural life. Colonies of hermits ; Midnight leap ; A snail's thoughts ; Deep sleep -- Love and mystery. Cryptic life ; Affairs of a snail ; Bereft ; Offspring -- Familiar territory. Release ; Winter snail ; Spring rain ; Night stars -- Appendix. Terraria.
ISBN:
9781565126060
1565126068
9781616206420