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Informationen zum Autor A professor of wildlife biology at Iowa State University! Paul L. Errington (1902--1962) was listed by "Life" magazine in 1961 as one of the top ten naturalists of his day. In addition to "Of Men and Marshes!" "Muskrats and Marsh Management!" and "Muskrat Populations!" he was the author of some 200 scientific articles and three posthumous books: "Of Predation and Life!" "The Red Gods Call!" and "A Question of Values." In 1962 he received the Wildlife Society's Aldo Leopold Award for his contributions to wildlife conservation. Wildlife biologist H.Albert Hochbaum (1911-1988) directed the Delta Waterfowl Research Station from 1938 to 1970; he was the author and illustrator of "The Canvasback on a Prairie Marsh! Travels and Traditions of Waterfowl!" and "To Ride the Wind." Formerly a wildlife biologist! Matthew Wynn Sivils is now an associate professor of Englishat Iowa State University! where he teaches courses in environmental literature! nineteenth-century American literature! and literature and science. Klappentext This classic of twentieth-century nature writing, a landmark work that is still a joy to read, offers a stirring portrait of the Midwest's endangered glacial marshland ecosystems by one of the most influential biologists of his day. A cautionary book whose advice has not been heeded, a must-read of American environmental literature, Of Men and Marshes should inspire a new generation of conservationists. Zusammenfassung Originally published: New York: Macmillan! 1957.
