A Beast the Color of Winter: The Mountain Goat Observed

Rating:
Summary: A Dated Masterpiece
Review: Chadwick's book is one of the best glimpses at the biology and life of a unique North American creature. It is well written and easily understood by anyone with an interest in mountain goats. The mountain goat has such a unique niche in any landscape and has a very interesting social structure, which Chadwick makes a compelling argument for all of these and so much more. However, the fatal flaw of this edition is its lack of updated material. So much more has been discovered about these creatures since his first edition in the early 1980s. Unfortunately, the situation of the goats has also become more precarious since that time as well. I had hoped that this new information could be found in this edition; however, it was not. I highly recommend this book as a great asset for a natural history library, but I would look elsewhere for more timely publications.

Rating:
Summary: A Dated Masterpiece
Review: Chadwick's book is one of the best glimpses at the biology and life of a unique North American creature. It is well written and easily understood by anyone with an interest in mountain goats. The mountain goat has such a unique niche in any landscape and has a very interesting social structure, which Chadwick makes a compelling argument for all of these and so much more. However, the fatal flaw of this edition is its lack of updated material. So much more has been discovered about these creatures since his first edition in the early 1980s. Unfortunately, the situation of the goats has also become more precarious since that time as well. I had hoped that this new information could be found in this edition; however, it was not. I highly recommend this book as a great asset for a natural history library, but I would look elsewhere for more timely publications.