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The sound of a wild snail eating

Elisabeth Tova Bailey (Author)
In a work that beautifully demonstrates the rewards of closely observing nature, Elisabeth Bailey shares an inspiring and intimate story of her uncommon encounter with a "Neohelix albolabris"--A common woodland snail
Print Book, English, 2010
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Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 2010
Autobiography
xiii, 190 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
9781565126060, 9781616206420, 1565126068, 161620642X
419844257
Prologuexi
Part I The Violet-Pot Adventures
1 Field Violets
3(6)
2 Discovery
9(8)
3 Explorations
17(8)
Part II A Green Kingdom
4 The Forest Floor
25(6)
5 Life in a Microcosm
31(6)
6 Time and Territory
37(10)
Part III Juxtapositions
7 Thousands of Teeth
47(6)
8 Telescopic Tentacles
53(8)
9 Marvelous Spirals
61(8)
10 Secret Recipes
69(10)
Part IV The Cultural Life
11 Colonies of Hermits
79(6)
12 Midnight Leap
85(10)
13 A Snail's Thoughts
95(8)
14 Deep Sleep
103(10)
Part V Love and Mystery
15 Cryptic Life
113(6)
16 Affairs of a Snail
119(10)
17 Bereft
129(4)
18 Offspring
133(10)
Part VI Familiar Territory
19 Release
143(6)
20 Winter Snail
149(6)
21 Spring Rain
155(4)
22 Night Stars
159(4)
Epilogue163(8)
Acknowledgments171(6)
Appendix: Terraria177(2)
Selected Sources179(8)
Permissions187
Simultaneously published: [Markham, Ontario] : Thomas Allen & Son