Displaying 1 of 1 2010 Format: Book Author: Bailey, Elisabeth Tova, author. Title: The sound of a wild snail eating / Elisabeth Tova Bailey. Edition: First edition. Publisher, Date: Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2010. Description: xiii, 190 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm Summary: 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. Subjects: Bailey, Elisabeth Tova -- Health. Snails as pets -- Anecdotes. Gastropoda -- Physiology. Gastropoda -- Anatomy. Chronically ill -- Biography. Genre: Anecdotes. Notes: Simultaneously published: [Markham, Ontario] : Thomas Allen & Son. Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-186). John Burroughs medal winner, 2011. William Saroyan International Prize for Writing, 2012. Contents: Field violets ; Discovery ; Explorations -- The forest floor ; Life in a microcosm ; Time and territory -- Thousands of teeth ; Telescopic tentacles ; Marvelous spirals ; Secret recipes -- Colonies of hermits ; Midnight leap ; A snail's thoughts ; Deep sleep -- Cryptic life ; Affairs of a snail ; Bereft ; Offspring -- Release ; Winter snail ; Spring rain ; Night stars -- Terraria. LCCN: 2010018603 ISBN: 9781616206420 161620642X 9781565126060 1565126068 Other Number: 419844257 System Availability: 3 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 3 Control Number: 270065 # Local items in: 2 # System items in: 2 Call Number: 594.38 Bailey Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
