Memoir blends science and nature

23 Woodcock in 22 Years

Jeff Wilkerson

University of Iowa Press

ISBN 978-1-60938-987-1

$24

At first glance, Jeff Wilkerson’s memoir of science and nature, 23 Woodcock in 22 Years, seems a bit of an anomaly. The subtitle Reflections on Hunting, the Night Sky, and Our Place in the Universe seems even more incongruous.