that guy was in n.c....thanks...yeah mr.kauffeld to me is truly a great writer-in that book especially(snakes and snake hunting) his craft shines through-i think it's clear that not just any herper can get imagery like that across with a pen and paper.
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"with head raised regally,and gazing at me with lidless eyes,he seemed to question with flicks of his long forked tongue my right to trespass on his territory" Carl Kauffeld