INAGO?CHILDREN OF RICE H. Elliott McClure The author describes the plant and animal life of 40 acres of farmland on the Kanto Plain in Japan following in detail the successes and defeats of those which are involved in rice culture. He describes the lives and industry of the farmers cultivating this fertile soil and then those of other inhabitants whose lives also depend upon rice culture. The stories follow in descending order those of the farmers, birds, reptiles, amphibians, insects, and mosquitoes and attempt to show the interactions among all in this intensively cultivated environment. This complex topic is presented in understandable and readable language, and profusely illustrated. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Educated as an entomologist and wildlife specialist, Dr. McClure has spent a lifetime in field research. He has ex- plored and published on studies in the sub-arctic tundra of Canada, the sandhills of Nebraska, the bird life of the San Joaquin Valley of California, and on extensive ecological research in Japan, Malaya and Thailand. After 25 years in Eastern and South-eastern Asia, he is at present retired and studying the urban birds of Southern California. Stated First Edition. Inscribed by author on 1, May, 1994. No writing or highlighting. Spine uncreased. Cover has minor edge flaring and a few dings.