Talking to the Moon by John Joseph Mathews - 9780806120836

Talking to the MoonWildlife Adventures on the Plains and Prairies of Osage Country\nAuthor(s): John Joseph Mathews\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Oklahoma Press, United States\nImprint: University of Oklahoma Press\nISBN-13: 9780806120836, 978-0806120836\nSynopsis\nTalking to the Moon is an unusual and charming story of a Thoreau-like adventure in remote northeastern [url] his university education and his service as a pilot in World War I, John Joseph Mathews returned to his beloved Osage country. He built a sandstone house on a blackjack-covered ridge in the midst of his ranch, and there he lived for ten years, stirred by a natural world that was still undisturbed by the demands of civilization. He became a part of the life that moved about his cottage.\n\nIn this beautiful account of what he saw and did and thought, Mathews describes his solitary life among the creatures of the ridge with rare perception and style.\n\nHis observations are based on the white man's seas.