Eyelids Of The Morning:Themingled Destinies Of Crocodiles And Men.

GRAHAM, ALISTAIR & PETER BEARD

Publication: San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1990,

First edition thus. Originally published in 1973. Quarto. Pictorial wrappers, 260 pp., preface, maps, bibliography, numerous photographs, color and black & white, acknowledgements. This is Graham's account of an expedition to Lake Rudolf in Kenya to study the remaining Nile crocodile population there. Graham offers an impressive narrative of the difficult task of hunting down crocodiles for ecological analysis, of their feeding habits, and of the effects of overcrowding. Included is a vast wealth of information about the mythology of crocodiles, their evolution, habitat and diet. Much information about the Turkana, natives who inhabit the west side of Lake Rudolf. "This book and its dramatic photos always remind me of the power of nature and the many paths of survival." As new, without dust jacket as issued.

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