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Practical, plain-language field guides for the things that don't have a good explainer anywhere else. Designed to be printed, packed, and passed along.

1 live guide 3 in production Updated June 25, 2026

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The Field Guide to American Ticks.

A pocket-ready reference to the eight ticks responsible for nearly every tick-borne illness in the United States: identification, regional risk, removal, symptoms worth a same-day call, and the gear actually worth carrying.

8 species 16 diseases Edition 2026 Print-ready
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Each guide is built the same way as the Tick Guide. Cross-checked with primary sources, illustrated for the field, and shaped to fit in a back pocket.

Guide 02

Snakes of Middle Tennessee.

Every native species you might actually encounter, venomous and not, with quick-look ID, region, and what to do if bitten.

In reporting

Guide 03

Severe-Weather Field Guide.

Tornado warnings vs. watches, shelter logic, what radar colors actually mean, and the 30 seconds that matter most.

Drafting

Guide 04

Tennessee State Park Primer.

Every state park within a tank of gas. Trails, water, camping, and the quiet ones worth driving past the famous ones for.

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