Anthropologist and naturalist, Dr. Eiseley reveals life's endless mysteries in his own experiences, departing from their immediacy into meditations on the long past, wandering—intimate with nature—along the paths and byways of time, and then returning to the present.

    The series called "Zoo Quest" was the start of his long career.

    Like Robinson Crusoe, he had to make his own tools and learn the hard way, by trial and error. Unlike Crusoe, he fought for his survival against a hostile environment; deep snow, bitter cold and wild animals. This is the story of his life-long and victorious battle. "A remarkable life story well told." Library Journal. "One of the most memorable books of modern times." Chicago Sunday Tribune.Crusoe of Lonesome lake was one of the most inspiring books of determination and adventure I have ever read, of how a person if he wants to bad enough can with a few necessary tools make a comfortable home out of a rugged wilderness,find true love and successively raise a family,no matter what may happen.Using hard work, determination, faith in God,spouse,and right principles for yourself. By Lorene MancusoAs a teenager (a few decades ago) this book, like no other, appealed to my sense of adventure and love of the outdoors. The passion and persistence with which Mr. Edwards crafted his dreams were a lingering source of inspiration to me. I have purchased several used copies of this book and given them to each of my three sons as well as relatives and friends - all of whom have loved the book!By Rob McInnes

    By means of guided tours, exhibits, and signs, visitors to these areas receive a very special kind of education through their interpretation of informative materials.For over thirty-five years, Interpreting Our Heritage has been a source book for those who are responsible for and who respond to such interpretive materials. Whether the problem is to make a prehistoric site come to life or to explain the geological theory behind a particular rock formation, Freeman Tilden provides helpful principles to follow. For anyone interested in our natural and man-made heritage, this book offers guidance for exploring educational and recreational resources.

    Here, for the first time, is a unique and much-needed contemporary profile of the great bay inside California's Golden Gate.San Francisco Bay profoundly affects the weather, lives, and economy of the two million people living around its hundreds of miles of shoreline. It is one of the world's seven most beautiful harbors, a body of water almost everyone knows but almost no one knows very much about.In San Francisco Bay the reader can learn about every aspect of this great inland sea: how it serves as livelihood for thousands of fishermen, sailors, and longshoremen; as a home for the swarming colonies of marine life in its depths; as the source of most of the salt used in the West and of raw materials for scores of other products; as a giant thermostat affecting not only the climate of the cities around its shore but that of California's great Central Valley as well.What forces of nature created this sometimes gleaming, sometimes misty inner sea? How is the Bay responsible for the waterfall effect of the fog in Sausalito, the T-fog in Berkeley, the glacial effect on San Francisco's peninsula? What unusual stories does it have to tell about sunken treasure ships, historic old ferries, and the world-renowned bridges?