The Resource Of a feather : a brief history of American birding, Scott Weidensaul
Of a feather : a brief history of American birding, Scott Weidensaul
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The item Of a feather : a brief history of American birding, Scott Weidensaul represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Cedar Rapids Public Library-Metro Library Network.
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- Summary
- "In Of a Feather, Scott Weidensaul skillfully traces the colorful history of American birding. Travel with the frontier ornithologists who collected eggs between border skirmishes; meet the society matrons who organized the first effective conservation movement; discover the luminaries with checkered pasts, such as convicted blackmailer Alexander Wilson and the endlessly self-mythologizing John James Audubon; and chart the progress of an awkward schoolteacher Roger Tory Peterson as he creates A Field Guide to the Birds, prompting the explosive growth of modern birding. Spirited and compulsively readable, Of a Feather celebrates the passions and achievements of birders, from the continent's fledgling ornithologists to the millions of Americans who have transformed a once eccentric occupation into one of our most beloved pursuits."--P. [4] of cover
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st Harvest ed.
- Extent
- 358 p.
- Contents
-
- "Birds ... more beautiful than in Europe"
- "Except three or four, I do not know them"
- Pushing West
- Shotgun Ornithology
- Angry Ladies
- Becoming a Noun
- Death to Miss Hathaway
- Beyond the List
- Isbn
- 9780156033558
- Label
- Of a feather : a brief history of American birding
- Title
- Of a feather
- Title remainder
- a brief history of American birding
- Statement of responsibility
- Scott Weidensaul
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "In Of a Feather, Scott Weidensaul skillfully traces the colorful history of American birding. Travel with the frontier ornithologists who collected eggs between border skirmishes; meet the society matrons who organized the first effective conservation movement; discover the luminaries with checkered pasts, such as convicted blackmailer Alexander Wilson and the endlessly self-mythologizing John James Audubon; and chart the progress of an awkward schoolteacher Roger Tory Peterson as he creates A Field Guide to the Birds, prompting the explosive growth of modern birding. Spirited and compulsively readable, Of a Feather celebrates the passions and achievements of birders, from the continent's fledgling ornithologists to the millions of Americans who have transformed a once eccentric occupation into one of our most beloved pursuits."--P. [4] of cover
- Cataloging source
- BTCTA
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Weidensaul, Scott
- Dewey number
- 598
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Ornithology
- Bird watching
- Label
- Of a feather : a brief history of American birding, Scott Weidensaul
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-337) and index
- Contents
- "Birds ... more beautiful than in Europe" -- "Except three or four, I do not know them" -- Pushing West -- Shotgun Ornithology -- Angry Ladies -- Becoming a Noun -- Death to Miss Hathaway -- Beyond the List
- Control code
- ocn213451553
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Edition
- 1st Harvest ed.
- Extent
- 358 p.
- Isbn
- 9780156033558
- Lccn
- 2007007364
- Other physical details
- ill.
- System control number
- (OCoLC)213451553
- Label
- Of a feather : a brief history of American birding, Scott Weidensaul
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-337) and index
- Contents
- "Birds ... more beautiful than in Europe" -- "Except three or four, I do not know them" -- Pushing West -- Shotgun Ornithology -- Angry Ladies -- Becoming a Noun -- Death to Miss Hathaway -- Beyond the List
- Control code
- ocn213451553
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Edition
- 1st Harvest ed.
- Extent
- 358 p.
- Isbn
- 9780156033558
- Lccn
- 2007007364
- Other physical details
- ill.
- System control number
- (OCoLC)213451553
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