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Title The hopes of snakes : and other tales from the urban landscape / Lisa Couturier.
Author Couturier, Lisa.
Publication Info. Boston : Beacon Press, c2005.
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Third Floor  591.75 COU    Check Shelves
Description xiv, 159 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents Reversing the tides -- Off being God -- The city's laughter -- Snow day -- Heirloom -- For all the girls who couldn't walk into the woods -- Rediscovering the Potomac -- A banishment of crows -- The hopes of snakes -- Take the long way home -- In the slipstream -- One nation under coyote, divisible -- Talks with vultures.
Summary Collects essays that describe how animals have adapted to often inhospitable urban habitats in and around New York City and Washington, D.C.
Subject Urban animals -- New York (State) -- New York -- Anecdotes.
Urban animals -- Washington Metropolitan Area -- Anecdotes.
Added Title The hopes of snakes
ISBN 0807085642 : $23.00
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