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title: "Bushmaster: Raymond Ditmars and the Hunt for the World's Largest Viper"
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# Bushmaster: Raymond Ditmars and the Hunt for the World's Largest Viper

**Brand:** dan eatherley
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- **What is this?** Bushmaster: Raymond Ditmars and the Hunt for the World's Largest Viper by dan eatherley
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Bushmaster: Raymond Ditmars and the Hunt for the World's Largest Viper

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## Customer Reviews

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    Engaging read, highlighting the life and work of noted American herpotologist
  

*by B***N on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 25, 2017*

Interesting book on one of the pioneering herpetologists in the US and the first curator of reptiles at the Bronx Zoo.  While the book is centered around Ditmars quest to acquire a Bushmaster, the largest of the new world vipers native to Central and South America, it also features glimpses into this extraordinary man's personal and family life, from his childhood in the late 19th century to his death in 1942.  Interestingly, he was self taught yet achieved worldwide recognition as a reptile expert.  While reptiles and amphibians were his forte, he became knowledgeable about many other aspects of natural history.  He was fascinated by horses and studied weather with almost the same intensity that he pursued herptofauna.  He pioneered the use of motion picture photography to popularize wildlife and released some of the first nature documentaries in the 1920's, narrating most of the films himself and using the Bronx Zoo animals as his featured subjects. He was also a devoted father and husband, and shared many of his adventures with his wife and daughters.  The Ditmars narrative is told in flashbacks, with the author visiting some of Ditmars old haunts in New York, New England, the deep south, and one last final quest to find (not capture) a wild Bushmaster of his own on the island of Trinidad in between. Eatherly's writing style is simple, but engaging, frequently sprinkled with British dry wit.  The book is probably a must for snake aficionados but should also be an enjoyable read by anyone interested in wildlife conservation history, early attempts at nature education and wildlife adventure.

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    Great book about a pioneer in the field of venomous snakes
  

*by B***N on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 23, 2022*

When I was a boy, I got a copy of Raymond Ditmars' book _Snakes of the World_ at our elementary school's book fair.  It piqued my interest in venomous snakes, which remains to this day (I'm now 66).  This book is a biography of Ditmars.  It will be of interest to anyone who loves snakes in particular and zoo animals in general (Ditmars was a zoo curator for many years).

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    So you get some great Ditmars stories and some interesting factual and historical detail
  

*by J***C on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 12, 2018*

I have mixed feelings.This is an interesting book in that is juxtaposes the authors look into Ditmars life.  So you get some great Ditmars stories and some interesting factual and historical detail.  Then there are chapters and the author goes around and talks to snake people and visits some historical sights.If you are expecting a Ditmars or snake wrangling book like Ionides MAMBAS AND MANEATERS you may not like this.  It is more slow and thoughtful and not exactly filled with encounters with snakes.Well written and interesting, but do not expect adventures galore.  I think the days of the wild man snake collectors are over.

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