In Field Among Feathered C

by Thomas R. Dunlap

Book Overview

America is a nation of ardent, knowledgeable birdwatchers. But how did it become so? And what role did the field guide play in our passion for spotting, watching, and describing birds?

In the Field, Among the Feathered tells the history of field guides to birds in America from the Victorian era to the present, relating changes in the guides to shifts in science, the craft of field identification, and new technologies for the mass reproduction...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199734593
• ISBN13: 9780199734597
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.3"