Magnificent Failure: Frank Egler and the Greening of American Ecology, An Epistolary Biography

by William Dritschilo

Frank Egler was brilliant, noble, and charming. He was also arrogant, eccentric, reclusive, and outrageous. His publications and letters were all of those things and more. Within the professional life presented in them is the history of a major chunk of ecology, from the study of plant distribution to ecosystems to environmental ecology.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1530868564
• ISBN13: 9781530868568
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 476 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.1" x 6.0"