I'm not sure what I feel about a book on rattlesnakes, but this was a pleasant light read. It was published posthumously. It's about 90% tales from historical documents, interviews (from before tape recorders, so usually written down by the author from memory the next day) and letters to the author. Like much his work many of his stories come from talking to people in the early 20th century about their memories from the 19th century. ( )