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More Than Birds: Adventurous Lives of North American Naturalists
Val Shushkewich
Once people encounter the natural world and become aware of its intricacy, fragility, beauty, and significance, they will recognize the need for conservation.
The fascinating development of natural history studies in North America is portrayed through the life stories of 22 naturalists. The 19th century saw early North American naturalists such as Alexander Wilson, the "Father of American Ornithology," John James Audubon, and Thomas Nuttall describing and illustrating the spectacular flora and fauna they found in the New World.
Scientists of the Smithsonian Institution and the Canadian Museum of Nature worked feverishly to describe and catalogue the species that ... Read more
Today, noted naturalists such as Robert Nero, Robert Bateman, Kenn Kaufman, and David Allen Sibley do everything they can to encourage people to experience nature directly in their lives and to care about its protection and preservation.
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Winnipeg Free Press
I highly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in the history of ornithology and natural history investigation in North America.
Picoides: Bulletin of the Society of Canadian Ornithologists (Winnipeg, MB)
Overall it was fun to read and enlightening to be ... Read more