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duction that describes the seven life zones that compose the Grand Canyon 
area. There are photographs and listings of plant life—trees, shrubs and 
grasses—and the mammals that have adapted to each. Of special interest 
to biologists are numerous maps showing habitats of various mammals, 
a cae of Localities’ showing where specimens described were 
taken. 
“Mammals of Grand Canyon,” ranging in size from Mexican voles to 
mule deer, come alive, one by one, as you find yourself on the canyon floor 
in the shadow of the author looking up a side canyon for signs of beavers 
or higher up the canyon wall in a rock crevice for raccoons or ringtailed 
cats ... even standing on the south rim overlooking the Tonto Plateau for 
glimpses of bighorn sheep in the late afternoon. 
Without realizing a change in position, you find yourself on the north 
rim among ponderosa pine looking for the rare endemic Kiabab squirrels 
with their fluffy white tails—later strolling to the rim with its many pro- 
montories where below the predator cougar may lie in wait for deer. 
Prairie dogs in Grand Canyon National Park? Occasionally they’re on the 
south rim, western part of Pasture Wash, writes the author. 
This is a valuable, readable, scientific book for enjoyment for all who 
like to explore the outdoors, and is of special importance to schools—even 
in Illinois—since a large share of Grand Canyon animals are also known 
in the Midwest. 
—Alvalene Barron 
THE WOODS: One Man’s Escape to Nature. By Charles B. Seib 
Doubleday and Co., Garden City, 1971. 108 pages. $4.95. 
After a search of six months, Charles Seib, who is a reporter for a Wash- 
ington newspaper, found his woods—a 33-acre plot only ten miles from a 
national park, and a short two hour drive from his Washington, D.C. home. 
On this site, he built a cabin with a single 16 by 20 room. Here he found 
a retreat from the burdens of city living, the pressure of his job, and the 
pollution of the urban area. Here he had a pond built, and it was to these 
woods he came, sometimes for a day, and more often for a weekend. Many 
of us who are beset by the same problems, and have found the same 
solution, will honor his reasons. For those who are still looking for their 
bit of woods, Mr. Seib has much to offer from his experiences, both in the 
purchase of the land and the construction of his cabin, which he provides 
in considerable detail. 
—Mrs. I. L. Mostek 
ICEBOUND SUMMER. By Sally Carrighar. Ballantine Books, 
101 Fifth Ave., New York 10003. 1971. 221 pages. 95 cents. 
First published exactly 20 years ago, “Icebound Summer” makes its return 
in softcover to the delight of Sally Carrighar fans everywhere. For anyone 
who watched news of the recent Amchitka Island nuclear blast, this volume 
and its companion “Moonlight at Midday,” will make fascinating reading. 
Even the introduction casts the reader in a spell, especially if he loves the 
drama of the far north country. 
