Jack Miner and the Birds and Some Things I know ab

by J. Miner

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B000PYDKYO
• Release Date: January 1923
• Publisher: Reilly and Lee Company
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Jack Miner Lover of Nature

VERYBODY knows of Jack Miner and the wonderful things he has done in the preservation of birdlife at his home in Kingsville, Ont. But there are a lot of things Jack has not told in his lectures. They are here in this book, written by himself in his own characteristic way. It is not one of those books told to a writer by a noted individual and published under the noted man’s name, but it is actually Jack Miner’s own work — pretty stiff work at that — his own thoughts and ideas penned during the spare hours of half a dozen years. The book covers all Jack Miner’s experiences with the birds. It is also a good deal of an autobiography, tells how and why he became interested in birds and goes on to describe practically how his work with his feathered family has grown. It is interspersed here and there with quaint "Jack Minerisms" — bits of philosophy and aphorism which come very naturally from a most remarkable man. The illustrations in the volume are of particular interest. Reproduced from photos, most of which were taken by Jack Miner himself, they show the growth of the Miner Institution at Kingsville, (The Jack Miner Migratory Bird Foundation) illustrate the methods Jack Miner uses in dealing with the birds, and throw a good deal of light on the points in the story. They are run through the book as accompaniment to the points they illustrate in the letter-press. Jack was born on April 10, 1865 in Dover Center, now Westlake, Ohio, USA and died in 1944 on November 3rd