A Love Affair with Birds: The Life of Thomas Sadler Roberts

by Sue Leaf

Book Overview

Imagine a Minneapolis so small that, on calm days, the roar of St. Anthony Falls could be heard in town, a time when passenger pigeons roosted in neighborhood oak trees. Now picture a dapper professor conducting his ornithology class (the university's first) by streetcar to Lake Harriet for a morning of bird-watching. The students were mostly young women--in sunhats, sailor tops, and long skirts, with binoculars strung around their necks. The...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816675643
• ISBN13: 9780816675647
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.1"