Appalachian summer

"In Appalachian Summer, Bonta watches the "waltzing" of a southern red-backed vole, the mating of eastern box turtles, and the stalking of a nest of house wrens by a black rat snake. She chronicles the life histories of fishers, woodchucks, jumping mice, and star-nosed moles, and she has frequent close encounters with black bears, eastern coyotes, red and gray foxes, raccoons, porcupines, white-tailed deer, and fox squirrels."--BOOK JACKET. "Another important event in this Appalachian summer is the disappearance of a local girl, and Bonta poses questions about the safety of women in the wo...