Magdalena Mountain

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Call Number: Adult Book / Fiction / General / Pyle, Robert
On Shelf At: Traverwood Branch

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A rich and rollicking first novel from one of America's most beloved and widely acclaimed nature writers, Robert Michael Pyle In Magdalena Mountain , Robert Michael Pyle's first and long-awaited novel, the award-winning naturalist proves he is as at home in an imagined landscape as he is in the natural one. At the center of this story of majesty and high mountain magic are three Magdalenas--Mary, a woman whose uncertain journey opens the book; Magdalena Mountain, shrouded in mystery and menace; and the all-black Magdalena alpine butterfly, the most elusive of several rare and beautiful species found on the mountain. And high in the Colorado Rocky Mountain wilderness, sharing the remote territory of the Erebia magdalena butterfly, lives the enigmatic Oberon, a reluctant de facto leader of the Grove, a diverse community of monks who share a devotion to nature. Converging in the same wilderness are October Carson, a beachcomber-wanderer in pursuit of the alpine butterflies he collects for museums; James Mead, a young graduate student intent upon learning the ecology of this seductive creature; and Mary Glanville, who also seeks the butterfly but can't remember why. While the mystery surrounding Mary takes a menacing turn, their shared quest pulls them deeper into the high mountain wilderness, culminating in a harrowing encounter on the stony slopes of Magdalena Mountain.

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A Lepodopterist writes a Mystery submitted by teri on August 13, 2019, 5:01pm Known primarily for his butterfly adventures, Pyle plunges into the world of mystery writing.
Filled with the antics of academia, the turmoil of grad students, and the very real, elusive, black magdalena butterfly - I loved this book.
Pyle's life-long love of butterflies comes through, and if you're not a keen butterfly enthusiast - this book might drag (it didn't for me). Pyle freely inserts "magdalena" natural history into the plot.
Takes place in the Colorado Rockies. If you're familiar with the area, you'll recognize the locations.