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Birdwatcher: The Life of Roger Tory Peterson & Peterson Field Guide To Birds of North America
Elizabeth J. Rosenthal and Roger Tory Peterson
Hardcover, 437 pages; 2008
Hardcover, 544 pages; 2008
One would hardly expect the biography of a birdwatcher to be a page-turner, yet Elizabeth J. Rosenthal has managed to present the long life of Roger Tory Peterson (he died in 1995 at the age of 87) as a lively, fascinating, and, yes, exciting story. Peterson revolutionized birdwatching with the publication of his user-friendly guides. With innovative organization, and clear illustrations done by Peterson himself, the guides simplified bird identification for the amateur and led to birding as a national pastime. A bird lover since childhood, Peterson left art school early to work on his first book, Field Guide to the Birds, which sold out on the very first day—in 1934 at the height of the Depression! Other guides—to birds around the world, butterflies, wildflowers, and grasses—followed. Peterson's love of nature and his early activism earned him kudos as the father of the environmental movement. We're also offering the spectacular Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America.
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