America's Snake: The Rise and Fall of the Timber Rattlesnake

by Ted Levin

Book Overview

There's no sound quite like it, or as viscerally terrifying: the ominous rattle of the timber rattlesnake. It's a chilling shorthand for imminent danger, and a reminder of the countless ways that nature can suddenly snuff us out.

Yet most of us have never seen a timber rattler. Though they're found in thirty-one states, and near many major cities, in contemporary America timber rattlesnakes are creatures mostly of imagination and innate fear...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022604064X
• ISBN13: 9780226040646
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 520 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"