Citizen Bird: Scenes from Bird-Life in Plain English for Beginners, a Critical Edition

by Meghan A Freeman and Mabel Osgood Wright

In the late nineteenth century, American bird lovers faced a crisis. Bird species were becoming endangered or even extinct at an alarming rate, and old methods of hunting and collecting specimens accelerated the process. A new conservationist approach to birding was necessary, and it needed to be taught to the next generation of Americans. Thus 1897's Citizen Bird, the first birding guide for children, was born. A tremendously influential text...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1978837070
• ISBN13: 9781978837072
• Release Date: May 2025
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 360 Pages