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Self-Portrait with Turtles
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Carroll, a naturalist and an artist, discovered turtles when he was eight years old, and in this slight but charming memoir, he tells how these wetland creatures forever changed and directed his life. After his first encounter with a spotted turtle in a woodland pool near his home in a central Pennsylvania housing project, he was obsessed, wading in swamps, marshes, streams and ditches to find turtles no matter where he lived.
This infatuation led to a fascination with everything in nature, and he combined this interest with his talent for drawing and painting, attending the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and embarking on a brief career as an art teacher.
David carroll author biography in the back door Self-Portrait with Turtles printable order form Item B1. Carroll, a naturalist and an artist, discovered turtles when he was eight years old, and in this slight but charming memoir, he tells how these wetland creatures forever changed and directed his life. After his first encounter with a spotted turtle in a woodland pool near his home in a central Pennsylvania housing project, he was obsessed, wading in swamps, marshes, streams and ditches to find turtles no matter where he lived. This infatuation led to a fascination with everything in nature, and he combined this interest with his talent for drawing and painting, attending the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and embarking on a brief career as an art teacher. Although he was popular with the students, especially the more unconventional ones, he was too exuberant and imaginative to last in that profession, so he and his wife, also an artist, moved to rural New Hampshire, where he could devote himself to nature studies.Although he was popular with the students, especially the more unconventional ones, he was too exuberant and imaginative to last in that profession, so he and his wife, also an artist, moved to rural New Hampshire, where he could devote himself to nature studies.
Carroll has now been observing turtles for 50 years, and although he laments that their habitats are often lost to development, he continues to find them everywhere.
In an especially touching final chapter, he tells of following one particular spotted turtle for 18 years and finally succeeding in observing her annual nesting ritual. Unlike his earlier book, The Year of the Turtle, this is not a natural history of turtles but rather a meditation on the author&#;s life as a naturalist and a paean to the intriguing creatures that lured him to that calling.
Illus. by the author. &#;Publishers Weekly
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Artist, writer and environmentalist Carroll completes his &#;wet-sneaker trilogy&#; (The Year of the Turtle; Trout Reflections) with this intimate and impassioned exploration of wetlands throughout the northeastern U.S.
By attempting to capture the &#;defining essence&#; of these places, their hydrology, structure, signature plant and animal species, Carroll hopes to inspire both a greater appreciation of wetlands and a desire to help protect them.
An ardent student of swamps since his first childhood encounter with a spotted turtle, the author is at his best describing the often-overlooked natural dramas unfolding around him: great congresses of salamanders engaged in communal love play; doomed tadpoles searching desperately for shade and water during a drought; a painted turtle&#;s futile attempts to elude a determined raccoon.
A patient and gifted observer, Carroll returns to the same haunts season after season in search of old friends like Ariadne, a spotted turtle he has met each spring for 14 years.
Amateur naturalists will especially enjoy his carefully detailed descriptions and line drawings, and his thorough knowledge of wetland species.
David carroll author biography in the back Follow to get new release updates, special offers including promotional offers and improved recommendations. Thank you for visiting my Author's Page. I have written sixteen books, and numerous articles for national and regional publications. Most of my work has been on literary subjects. I am particularly interested in 18th and 19th century English Literature; a passion that has remained with me since my schooldays.Carroll&#;s anger about the threats facing these increasingly rare areas, and the scorn he evinces toward many environmentalists, strike the only discordant notes in an otherwise lyrical and reflective book. &#;Publishers Weekly
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Naturalist David Carroll leads readers through the yearly cycle of the trout and introduces them to the flora and fauna that inhabit its watery world.
The reader sees what takes place beneath a river&#;s surface, experiences the thrill of fishing on opening day, and joins Carroll as he keeps various &#;appointments with the seasons.&#; 63 illustrations. 12 watercolors.
Carroll, author of The Year of the Turtle, here turns his attention to trout, following their annual cycle in New England streams.
Like many trout fishermen, he seems to have a special affinity with nature. He writes lyrical, detailed descriptions of the countryside and woods in which trout streams are found, observing the effects of seasonal changes.
Examples of author biography The deep intimacy with the natural world that Carroll evokes in his literary chronicle of wandering familiar wetlands of his native New Hampshire takes on startling poignancy as it becomes evident how encroaching urban development threatens the world and the magical bonds to it nurtured by this extraordinary writer. I also had a sizable collection of notes — ideas, images, observations — some that I had written in my Digs notebooks, many more as brief drafts; fragments jotted down on index cards; scraps of paper and the like. I am not sure if it would have passed editing by the publisher. As a subtitle it did attract a great deal of curiosity, not without attentive interest, as I gave readings. A hydromancer is one who divines by way of observing water, its colors, movements, etc.Brook trout is the native fish; brown and rainbow trout are introduced species.
Discussing stocking and explaining how each species has adapted, he points out favorite places of trout, admires the brook&#;s coloration and observes their courtship rites in the autumn. His line drawings and watercolors illuminate a text that will appeal to readers who enjoy the outdoors.
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David Carroll, artist and naturalist, has produced an interesting account of the chelonian life of a New Hampshire swamp; he brings obvious pleasure in knowing these creatures to his writing.
Precise drawings of the plant and animal life to be found along with the turtles embellish almost every page of the book.
The eight color paintings of the snapping, spotted, and painted turtles about which he writes in detail are handsome and give a clear vision of the animals in their native habitat.
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David Carroll Average rating 4. David Carroll. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Error rating book.The writing is lucid and informative, based on a firm foundation of research, and the illustrations are excellent. &#; Katharine Galloway Garstka, Intergraph Corp., Huntsville, Ala.
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Review: In this sensuous nature journal, MacArthur &#;genius&#; award winner Carroll (The Year of the Turtle) follows the inhabitants of his local New Hampshire wetlands through a season of turtle life from March thaw, when the turtles wake from hibernation, to November, when ice puts them back to sleep, along the way celebrating such personal &#;holy days&#; as &#;the Return of the Red-winged Blackbird.&#; Wearing camouflage and waders, he meets wildlife on its own terms. At the sudden appearance of a red doe, he wonders, &#;to have those senses-would I trade my thinking, dreaming, imagining mind for them for one full day&#; would I ever want to come back?&#; He watches a thirsty turtle hatchling encountering water for the first time: he &#;extends his neck full length, immerses his head, closes his eyes&#; and drinks for 21 minutes.&#; Accompanied by Carroll&#;s own exquisite drawings, this poetic recording of his season of loving observation is subdued by Carroll&#;s dread of habitat destruction and nostalgia for a boyhood when &#;I entered waters that, if not alive themselves, were so filled with light and life that my binding with them was as much metaphysical as physical.&#; &#;Publishers Weekly More about Following the Water |