More Than Birds: Adventurous Lives of North American Naturalists

by Val Shushkewich

Book Overview

Twenty-two profiles of significant naturalists, beginning with 19th-century Alexander Wilson and John James Audubon and including Jack Miner, Roger Tory Peterson, Robert Bateman, and David Allen Sibley, portray the development of natural heritage studies in North America. Their extraordinary stories inspire recognition of the need for conservation.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1459705580
• ISBN13: 9781459705586
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: Dundurn Group (CA)
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"