The Road of a Naturalist Author:Donald Culross Peattie This fascinating autobiography of the famous naturalist is done as only he could have done it. He tells his story in the form of flashbacks to the years past, and at the same time, there are interludes of superb impressionistic writing dealing with a motor trip through the Southwest, and on up through Utah to the Northwest and down the coast. ... more »There is no sense of conventional reminiscences; there is almost nothing of people he has known; rather it is an adventure in living, in science, in thought. But at the close you have a feeling of knowing the man. (Kirkus Review.)« less