For All Seasons: A Big Bend Journal

by Roland H. Wauer

Book Overview

Something about Big Bend National Park draws visitors again and again. Maybe it's the spare beauty of the mountains and desert, the dawn chorus of birds, or the vivid stars in the velvet night. All of these things have made it Roland Wauer's favorite place. In this book, he shares his love of the Big Bend through journal entries that chronicle a year in the life of the park.

Wauer worked as Chief Park Naturalist from 1966 to 1972 and has...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292791178
• ISBN13: 9780292791176
• Release Date: December 1997
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Intimate glimpses of Big Bend National Park over the years

"For All Seasons" is wonderful complement to a journey to Big Bend for any nature lover. Through reading Ro Wauer's book, I got a clear understanding of what a park naturalist's work entails. The work is a paradoxical blend of solo time hiking in the mountains, inventorying plant and animal species, along with leading tourists on nature walks around the campground. It was on one of the latter that the famous "poodle story" took place - more I will not say. "For All Seasons" works equally well as a preparation for a trip to Big Bend, reading while at the park, or a companion to reminisce with on return. Wauer knows both the heavily visited and nearly inaccessible corners of the park, and makes you his companion on his journey.