Mr. Kauffeld,

I was 12-years old when I read your book, Snakes and Snake Hunting. It opened a whole new world for me.

I can remember going out with my father’s old fireman’s boots, a noose stick and old pillow cases to hunt for and collect snakes, always remembering your tales of hunting snakes in the 1930s.

It has been 52 years since I discovered your book in the Florence, Alabama pubic library. I still re-read it. It has never lost its charm for me.
I have begun a Karl Kauffeld Memorial Snake Hunt every July to commemorate your death in 1974.

Thank you from that little boy and the old man he has become,
Warren