Vinson Brown was revising this popular fieldbook when he passed away. His son Keven Brown is completing the task. The book covers California's lowlands & foothills, excluding the deserts & mountain coniferous forests. New illustrations will accompany completely updated descriptions of the regions most common plants, mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, & fish. This was Naturegraph's first published book.
One of Vinson Brown's early fieldbooks now completely updated in a fourth revised edition. A profile map of the central Sierra Nevada shows the life zones. The common plants, mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, & fish of most of California's mountainous area are described & illustrated. Emphasis is given to the habitats in which species are found as an aid to identification.
-- The Vision Life of the Native Americans by Vinson Brown. The purpose of the vision search is not only to find a vision, but to find in it help for yourself to lead a better life. Several chapters tell of past great Sacred Beings, chiefs, and medicine men; others tell how they prepared for the vision search, the preliminary ceremonies for purification, the quest, and how visions were interpreted.
Strange & Prophetic Dreams of the Indian People. This is a touching story of a great grandmother instilling the Indian spirit in her great grandson. It gives guidelines for a glorious future: ‘We have had enough now of talk. Let there be deeds.’ In the words that follow we have written simply and wholly what we believe, believing that only God is the Knower. That men should love one another and understand one another is the great message of the visions of the Indian peoples told about in this book, nothing of selfishness nor vanity, nothing of narrowness nor pride. We write what we feel deep in our hearts, and the bulk of the book is the expression of this feeling. On the other hand, we wish to write about only what is reasonable and intelligent, so, in the appendix at the back of this book, we give what we consider reasonable and intelligent answers to why the study of prophetic dreams has value, how they fit patterns, and how it may be possible to understand them.
Vinson Brown writes that one of the great needs in the world today is for science, which gives us knowledge, and religion, spirit and feeling, to work together for a better earth. This book is a search for that unity. It illustrates the meaning of many Biblical prophecies using a theory the author calls "the system of significant pattern-making," which help reveal the necessary existence of God.
Offers many suggestions for attracting and observing outdoor animals, presents suggestions for capturing and keeping insects, discusses tracking, and describes wild gardening.
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