"Good biologist though Janovy] is, he's an even better nature writer, with a special affinity for the mysterious and the mystic."-Noel Perrin "This 'human need for wilderness' is the trail winding through Back in Keith County . . . to] the streams of John Janovy's 'inner cowboy country.' The fourteen essays are a very human mix of biology, sentiment, wandering observation and personal philosophy."-Smithsonian John Janovy Jr. is Varner Professor at the School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and director of the Cedar Point Biological Station. He is the author of Keith County Journal and On Becoming a Biologist, also available as a Bison Book.

Author: John Janovy
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Bison Books
Published: 02/01/1984
Pages: 181
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 7.98h x 5.28w x 0.44d
ISBN: 9780803275607


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 05/15/1996 pg. 87
Publishers Weekly 02/19/1996

About the Author
John Janovy Jr. is Varner Professor at the School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and director of the Cedar Point Biological Station. He is the author of Keith County Journal and On Becoming a Biologist, also available as a Bison Book.