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Product Identifiers
PublisherHarvard University Press
ISBN-100674175778
ISBN-139780674175778
eBay Product ID (ePID)731593
Product Key Features
Book TitleCrickets and Katydids, Concerts and Solos
Number of Pages154 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicAnimals / Insects & Spiders, General, Life Sciences / Biology, Life Sciences / Zoology / Entomology
Publication Year1992
IllustratorYes
GenreNature, Science
AuthorVincent G. Dethier
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight11.3 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN92-003718
ReviewsThis book is the product of Vincent Dethier's experiences studying the natural history and singing behavior of crickets and katydids. The book chronicles the emergence of orthopteran species over the summer season and their contributions to the chorus in fields and woods. The details of these insects' lives are fascinating, but I was even more impressed with the true theme of the book: the making of a scientist...This is a beautifully written natural history book., [This book] can be enjoyed by anyone with even a passing interest in crickets and their repertoires. Dethier's writing is beautiful, almost poetic., Richly written, elegantly organized, and beautifully illustrated with Abigail Rorer's graceful line drawings, this charming reminiscence succeeds on every level. It illuminates the habits of New England's 40 or so orthopteran insects and teaches us to appreciate their adaptations and variation. It reminds us to attend to the world around us; to listen to its jubilant songs, breathe in the 'winey evanescence' of fallen apples and savor the caress of cool air flowing from the fringes of a shady hardwood forest. It recalls the pleasures of being young, of finding new facts and seeing new patterns in the mosaic of nature, and captures the ineffable sensations of a fine New England summer.
Dewey Edition20
Dewey Decimal595.7/260459
SynopsisFrom Mount Washington to the salt marshes of Cape Cod, a chorus of insects chirrups and peeps and rustles away the golden hours of summer and fall. In Crickets and Katydids, Vincent G. Dethier invites readers to share in the pleasure offered by these tiny musicians in our midst. A companion volume to G.W. Pierce's 1948 Songs of insects, this book introduces amateur naturalists and lovers of nature to some of the more common singing crickets, locusts, and grasshoppers of the northeastern United States.
LC Classification NumberQL508.G8D48 1992
