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Sonoran Desert Spring

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“Spring on the Sonoran Desert is usually a four-month-long spectacle of life and color. Within these well-written pages, Alcock exposes us to the plant and animal life of a land many regard as desolate. To Alcock, the desert has a constant evolutionary beauty he never seems to tire of. Alcock’s approach to his subject is an elegant combination of science and literature. Only the desert itself, arrayed in its April apparel, can rival the wonderful thing about this book.”—Arizona Highways

“Deserts aren’t as bereft of life as they seem; their barren landscapes can beef up a remarkable variety of plant and animal life, though it will require a patient and skilled naturalist to reveal its mysteries. John Alcock is just this kind of naturalist. . . . Alcock provides delightful insights into how insects provision their developing young, how parasites find their sufferers and how flowers attract pollinators. A book of this kind allows its creator, more accustomed to the rigours and constraints of writing academic papers and books, to relate revealing anecdotes and simply to express their fascinating for natural history. . . . Books such as this serve a very important function in bringing the mysteries of the desert to the attention of a much broader public.” —Times Literary Supplement


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