Publication: Privately printed, Christmas, 1941, N P
First separate printing. 8vo. Printed wrappers, 23 pp. Christmas card greeting, 1941. Reprinted from Southwest Review, Volume XXVII, Number 1, Autumn, 1941. From an edition limited to 550 copies. Biography of Bob More, an oil man with a Texas- sized passion for bird eggs.
Originally printed in the Southwest Review in 1941, it is a superb essay on More who was the manager of W. T. Waggoner’s vast Three D Ranch. He considered the Waggoner Ranch along Beaver Creek and the Wichita River to be the finest bird preserve in Texas. More assembled, organized, and scientifically marked a collection of 12,000 to 15,000 bird eggs from 750 species and his collection is considered the finest west of the Mississippi. Bob More, a pioneer conservationist both in his ornithological and ranching activities, insisted on light grazing and extra tanks to bring back native grasses to their original state. He stipulated that a patch of grain be left around every wild turkey nest discovered in the field. Faint corner crease to upper front corner and a faint vertical crease to the booklet, else a near fine, internally clean copy.
Inventory Number: 48663