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Wandering Through Winter: A Naturalist's Record of a 20,000-Mile Journey Through the North American Winter

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In this final volume of his brilliant four-volume cycle, Edwin Way Teale follows winter diagonally across the country in a 20,000-mile journey from Southern California to Northern Maine. Illustrated.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 370 pages

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