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BOOK REVIEWS 
WANDERING THROUGH WINTER, by Edwin Way Teale. Dodd Mead 
and Company. New York. 1966. 370 pages. $6.50 
It all began in sunny San Diego, and courses thru desert, plains and 
hills. The 20,000 mile journey ends at the Teale home in Maine. With this 
book, the famed naturalist-author has completed his survey of the seasons. 
Other books in the series are “North With the Spring,’ “Journey Into 
Summer,” and “Autumn Across America.” 
Readers will be happy to know that the Nature Conservancy is active 
in trying to preserve the famed Patagoina Region in Arizona which Teale 
so vividly describes. A resort lake and a realty subdivision has been marked 
for the area, which Teale calls “a magic place.” 
We would do well to nail to the mast the philosophy expressed in the 
chapter “White Cranes in the Wind”: “Fundamentally, it is those who 
have compassion for all life who will best safeguard the life of man. Those 
who become aroused only when man is endangered become aroused too 
late. We cannot make the world uninhabitable for other forms of life, and 
have it inhabitable for ourselves. It is the conservationist who is con- 
cerned with the welfare of all the land and life of the country who, in the 
end, will do most to maintain the world as a fit place for human existence 
as well.” 
—Raymond Mostek 
WAPITI WILDERNESS, by Margaret and Olaus Murie. Alfred A. Knopf 
Co. New York, 1966. 302 pages $5.95. 
“The wonder of the world, the beauty and the power, the shapes of 
things, their colours, lights and shades; these I saw. Look ye also while 
life lasts.” These words are found on a plaque on a mantel at the Murie 
Ranch in their wilderness home at Moose, Wyoming. Like many another 
who beat a path to their door, we found them the soul of graciousness 
and gentle enthusiasm. Olaus Murie was a long-time president of the 
Wilderness Society, and as a field biologist and author, he was a strong 
advocate of wilderness values. 
Part of the book is devoted to the heroic efforts of John D. Rockefeller, 
Jr. to preserve the famed Jackson Hole Preserve of the Grand Tetons. In 
alternate chapters, Mrs. Murie describes life along the trail, in camp and 
at home; the youngsters, and the flowers, and small wildlife. The delight- 
ful volume is embellished with pen and ink drawings by Olaus Murie and 
by album-type photographs. 
—Raymond Mostek 
