Self-Portrait with Turtles

　　A renowned artist, author, and naturalist, David M. Carroll is exceptionally skilled at capturing nature on the page. In Self-Portrait with Turtles, he reflects on his own life, recounting the crucial moments that shaped his passions and abilities. Beginning with his first sighting of a wild turtle at age eight, Carroll describes his lifelong fascination with swamps and the creatures that inhabit them. He also traces his evolution as an artist, from the words of encouragement he received in high school to his college days in Boston to his life with his wife and family. Self-Portrait with Turtles is a remarkable memoir, a marvelous and exhilarating account of a life well lived.

　　David Carroll is the author of The Year of the Turtle and Trout Reflections.A graduate of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and of Tufts University, he has received an honorary doctorate from the University of New Hampshire and an Environmental Merit Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for his work on wetlands. He and his wife, Laurette, also an artist, live in Warner, New Hampshire.

EARLY YEARS
　The First Eight Years
　The First Turtle
　Compafiera
　Another Spring
　Wild Boy
　Loss
　Gordon
　Mr. Moxley and Mr. Malone
　The Beach
　Bill and DeDe
　Cedar Pastures
　Walden
　  Art, Biology, Writing
ART SCHOOL
　My Room
　The Fens
　Girls
　The ArK
　Drawing, Painting, Writing
　Laurette
　Queensbury Street
　Farewell to Cedar Pastures
MIDDLE TEARS
　Big Sandy Pond
　Teaching
　Turtles
　The Old Johnson Farm
　Pumpkin Hill
　Wild Cranberries
　Arehie Carr
LATER TEARS
　Sibley
　The Digs
　Dudley House
　Spotted Turtles
　The Year of the Turtle
　Tupper Hill