Acknowledgments

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Etymology ix
4. Prologue xiii
5. 1. An introduction to crotalus horridus 1
6. Part one. Egress the dangers of leaving home
7. 2. A quirky subculture 33
8. 3. Quasimodo in the blue hills 54
9. 4. Live free or die 77
10. 5. Zero at the bone 106
11. 6. A long, muscular tube 169
12. Interlude. High summer: On the trail with timber rattle snakes
13. 7. The dangers of being male 197
14. 8. The dangers of being female 218
15. 9. A commodity of rattle snakes: snakes today, bibles tomorrow 255
16. Part two. Ingress: the dangers of coming home
17. 10. Chaos of rocks 295
18. 11. Among rattlesnakes 321
19. 12. Into the abyss 355
20. 13. The very last rattle snake 395
21. Epilogue. The ambiguous world of the timber rattle snake 417
22. Acknowledgments 437
23. Bibliography 441
24. Index 465