Birdwatcher :

Rosenthal, Elizabeth J.

Birdwatcher : the life of Roger Tory Peterson / Elizabeth J. Rosenthal. - Guilford, Conn. : Lyons Press, c2008. - vi, 437, [16] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references [399]-422 and index.

Roger Tory Peterson - the Renaissance man who taught Americans the joy of watching birds - also invented the modern field guide. His 1934 landmark "Field Guide to the Birds" was the first bird-identification guide designed to be used in the field by the average person. This work presents a portrait of this hero of the conservation movement.

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Peterson, Roger Tory, 1908-1996.


Ornithologists
Bird watching -- United States.--United States--Biography.

598.092 B / ROS

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