Twelve Hundred Miles by Horse and Burro: J. Stokely Ligon and New Mexico's First Breeding Bird Survey

by HarleyG.Shaw (Author), Mara E . Weisenberger (Author)

• New

  Paperback
  2011

  $28.26

  A compelling account of an expedition undertaken by wildlife expert J. Stokley Ligon in 1913, when he traveled alone on horseback through New Mexico. The materials and insights found in this volume also reveal aspects of Ligon's family history, his early interest in wildlife, and the development of the wilderness skills needed to undertake such a survey.