TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bailey,Elisabeth Tova
TI  - The sound of a wild snail eating
SN  - 9781565126060
AV  - SF459.S48 B35 2010
U1  - 594.38 BAI 22
KW  - Bailey, Elisabeth Tova
KW  - Snails as pets
KW  - Anecdotes
KW  - Gastropoda
KW  - Physiology
KW  - Anatomy
KW  - Chronically ill
KW  - Biography
KW  - Snails
KW  - Chronic Disease
KW  - Autobiography
KW  - fast
KW  - Biographies
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Simultaneously published: [Markham, Ontario] : Thomas Allen & Son; Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-186); Part 1. The violet-pot adventures; Field violets; Discovery; Explorations --; Part II. A green kingdom; The forest floor; Life in a microcosm; Time and territory --; Part III. Juxtapositions; Thousands of teeth; Telescopic tentacles; Marvelous spirals; Secret recipes --; Part IV. The cultural life; Colonies of hermits; Midnight leap; A snail's thoughts; Deep sleep --; Part V. Love and mystery; Cryptic life; Affairs of a snail; Bereft; Offspring --; Part VI. Familiar territory; Release; Winter snail; Spring rain; Night stars --; Appendix; Terraria
N2  - 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
ER  -