Once people encounter the natural world and become aware of its intricacy, fragility, beauty, and significance, they will recognize the need for conservation.
The fascinating development of natural history studies in North America is portrayed through the life stories of 22 naturalists. The 19th century saw early North American naturalists such as Alexander Wilson, the "Father of American Ornithology," John James Audubon, and Thomas Nuttall describing and illustrating the spectacular flora and fauna they found in the New World.
Scientists of the Smithsonian Institution and the Canadian Museum of Nature worked feverishly to describe and catalogue the species that exist on the continent. Great nature writers such as Florence Merriam Bailey, Cordelia Stanwood, Margaret Morse Nice, Louise de Kiriline Lawrence, and Roger Tory Peterson wrote in depth about the lives and behaviours of birds. Early conservationists such as Jack Miner, the "Father of Conservation," created nature preserves.
Today, noted naturalists such as Robert Nero, Robert Bateman, Kenn Kaufman, and David Allen Sibley do everything they can to encourage people to experience nature directly in their lives and to care about its protection and preservation.
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- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 508.7092/2
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 23
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
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- ISBN
- 9781459705593 9781459705586
- LCCN
- QH26
- LCCN Item number
- S58 2012eb
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- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (296 p.)
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- Canada
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- CaOOCEL
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- (CaBNVSL)slc00231251 (OCoLC)821299823 (CaOOCEL)444132
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- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- More than Birds 4
- Copyright 5
- Contents 8
- Acknowledgements 10
- Introduction 12
- Chronology 16
- Biographies 18
- PART ONE 26
- Chapter One 28
- Chapter Two 37
- Chapter Three 47
- PART TWO 62
- Chapter Four 64
- Chapter Five 74
- Chapter Six 84
- PART THREE 94
- Chapter Seven 96
- Chapter Eight 106
- Chapter Nine 117
- Chapter Ten 128
- PART FOUR 140
- Chapter Eleven 142
- Chapter Twelve 149
- Chapter Thirteen 158
- Chapter Fourteen 166
- PART FIVE 180
- Chapter Fifteen 182
- Chapter Sixteen 191
- Chapter Seventeen 199
- Chapter Eighteen 212
- PART SIX 224
- Chapter Nineteen 226
- Chapter Twenty 243
- Chapter Twenty-One 253
- Chapter Twenty-Two 262
- Notes 268
- Bibliography 284
- Index 293
