Birdwatcher - The Life of Roger Tory Peterson

Informationen zum Autor Elizabeth J. Rosenthal (www.petersonbird.com) has published birding articles in Bird Watcher’s Digest, New Jersey Audubon, and Snowy Egret. She is the author of the acclaimed His Song: The Musical Journey of Elton John. A longtime New Jersey civil servant, she lives in Burlington, New Jersey. Klappentext An intimate biography of the father of American birdwatching-including rare photographs. Zusammenfassung An intimate biography of the father of American birdwatching—including rare photographs. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part One: FledglingChapter 1 - Boy Rebel to Boy WonderChapter 2 - The Boy Wonder and the Conservative ConservationistChapter 3 - Spreading his WingsPart Two: Intercontinental MigrationChapter 4 - International RangeChapter 5 - Anglo-American Mates in the U.S. WildPart Three: Paradoxical Homo SapiensChapter 6 - A Super Pair and Their Habitat, Nest, and BroodChapter 7 - A Natural ObsessionChapter 8 - Hidden RogerPart Four: Conservation StoriesChapter 9 - Embryonic ConservationismChapter 10 - Adventuresome Flights of ConservationChapter 11 - DDT, the Osprey, and the Old Lyme OffspringChapter 12 - The Wilds of LindbladPart Five: Inspiring FlightsChapter 13 - Worldwide ProgenyChapter 14 - OfferingsChapter 15 - Maturing With National AudubonChapter 16 - Shooting BirdsChapter 17 - Painterly BirdsPart Six: Bird Man of Bird MenChapter 18 - Territory Under ChallengeChapter 19 - Still All Over the Range MapAcknowledgmentsSourcesChapter NotesFurther ReadingIndex

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth Rosenthal, Elizabeth J Rosenthal, Elizabeth J. Rosenthal
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.03.2010
• EAN: 9781599219622
• ISBN: 978-1-59921-962-2
• No. of pages: 460
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; NATURE / Animals / Birds, Biography: general, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Environmentalists & Naturalists, NATURE / Birdwatching Guides, Wildlife: birds & birdwatching, Biography: science, technology & medicine, Wildlife: birds & birdwatching: general interest