East of the Andes and West of Nowhere: A Naturalist's Wife in Columbia 1947 Marston & Nancy Bell Bates ~South America ~Travel ~Yellow Fever

Title: East of the Andes and West of Nowhere: A Naturalist's Wife in Columbia

Author: Nancy Bell Bates / [photography by Marston Bates and Nancy Bell Bates]

Description: First Edition with Scribner's 'A' on copyright page. Boards in light-tan cloth stamped in red and black. Covers show some modest soiling. Interior is clean and unmarked. 48 pages of photographs. Index. Dust jacket spine faded; some chips and tears; price clipped; damp mark at foot of spine; in an archival mylar sleeve. 237 pages.

The account of zoologist Marston Bates' wife, Nancy Bell Bates, documenting her observations and their experiences while living and traveling in Columbia, while Marston (who she affectionately refers to as the 'Boss') was studying aspects of yellow fever for the Rockefeller Foundation.

From the rear flap: ''This is the story of life in an unfamiliar land, told with a delightful informality, told humorously, intimately. It is full of strange sights, strange animals, strange household pets, strange customs... In some of the most engrossing pages, Nancy Bell Bates initiates you into the fascinations of ''The Boss's'' share in the battle against yellow fever. Mrs. Bates has been one of her husband's assistants in his Rockefeller Foundation's research, chiefly on mosquitoes and monkeys, to find the links in the chain that can keep this deadly virus alive in the world without the agency of man.''

Nancy Bell Bates (1912-1976) was the daughter of the botanist David Fairchild and the granddaughter of Alexander Graham Bell. She married Marston in 1939.

Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: Good

Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
Place: Charles Scribner's Sons
Year: 1947

Keywords: Columbia, South America, Villavicencio, Llanos, travel, description, Marston Bates, yellow fever, zoologist, monkeys,