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Self-Portrait with Turtles: A Memoir
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Self-Portrait with Turtles: A Memoir Hardback - 2004

by David M. Carroll

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Self-Portrait with Turtles is a book in the spirit of Walden and Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, but it is also unique, as David Carroll himself is. Driven by a passion for art and turtles, Carroll has lived a Walden-like life for decades, although he is married, with family. In Self -Portrait he tells the story of that remarkable life. He writes about his early encounters with turtles, which led to a lifelong fascination with them and their swampy habitats, and about the high school teacher who told him that, contrary to everything he had been taught before, art is the only thing that matters, the only thing that lasts. During his years at art school in Boston, he got to know the turtles of the Fenway, including one giant snapper he wrestled to shore and carried to his studio for a portrait session. After a brief career as a teacher, Carroll has spent decades scraping out a living as an artist and naturalist, raising three children on a shoestring with his artist wife. "We live like turtles," he has said; "we hunker down when times get hard." In a materialistic age, he and his family have gone their own way, living simply and self-sufficiently, showing that the secret of a good life is to devote yourself to what you love.

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Self-Portrait with Turtles is a book in the spirit of Walden and Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, but it is also unique, as David Carroll himself is. Driven by a passion for art and turtles, Carroll has lived a Walden-like life for decades, although he is married, with family. In Self -Portrait he tells the story of that remarkable life. He writes about his early encounters with turtles, which led to a lifelong fascination with them and their swampy habitats, and about the high school teacher who told him that, contrary to everything he had been taught before, art is the only thing that matters, the only thing that lasts. During his years at art school in Boston, he got to know the turtles of the Fenway, including one giant snapper he wrestled to shore and carried to his studio for a portrait session. After a brief career as a teacher, Carroll has spent decades scraping out a living as an artist and naturalist, raising three children on a shoestring with his artist wife. "We live like turtles," he has said; "we hunker down when times get hard." In a materialistic age, he and his family have gone their own way, living simply and self-sufficiently, showing that the secret of a good life is to devote yourself to what you love.

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CONSECRATED to the God of my parents before my eyes were open, I lived my first eight years in a closed circle of family, relatives, church, and school.

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  • Title Self-Portrait with Turtles: A Memoir
  • Author David M. Carroll
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 181
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Houghton Mifflin, Boston
  • Publication date March 11, 2004
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780618162253 / 0618162259
  • Weight 0.75 lbs (0.34 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.51 x 5.76 x 0.76 in (21.62 x 14.63 x 1.93 cm)
  • Category Biography / Autobiography
  • Library of Congress subjects Turtles, Carroll, David M
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2003047895
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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