Roger Tory Peterson [[electronic resource] ] : a biography / / by Douglas Carlson

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910778111503321
• Autore: Carlson Douglas <1943->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Austin, : University of Texas Press, 2007
• ISBN: 0-292-79477-0
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (309 p.)
• Collana: Mildred Wyatt-Wold series in ornithology
• Disciplina: 598.092; B
• Soggetti: Ornithologists - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-285) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1908–1926. Jamestown, New York -- 1926–1934. New York City and Boston -- 1934. The Field Guide, First Edition -- 1934–1942. New York City -- 1942–1953. Washington, D.C. -- 1954–1974. Old Lyme, Connecticut -- 1974–1980. Old Lyme -- 1980–1996. Old Lyme -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Beginning with his 1934 Field Guide to the Birds, Roger Tory Peterson introduced literally millions of people to the pleasures of observing birds in the wild. His field guide, which has gone through five editions and sold more than four million copies, fostered an appreciation for the natural world that set the stage for the contemporary environmental movement. When Rachel Carson's Silent Spring sounded a warning about the threat to birds and their habitats in the 1960s, the Peterson field guides had already prepared the public and the scientific community to heed the warning and fight to save habitat and protect endangered species—a result that Peterson wholeheartedly approved. In this authoritative, highly readable biography of Roger Tory Peterson (1908-1996), Douglas Carlson creates a fascinating portrait of the complex, often conflicted man behind the brand name. He describes how Peterson's obsession with birds began in boyhood and continued throughout a multifaceted career as a painter, writer, educator, environmentalist, and photographer. Carlson traces Peterson's long struggle to become both an accomplished bird artist and a scientific ; naturalist—competing goals that drove Peterson to work to the point of exhaustion and that also deprived him of many aspects of a normal personal life. Carlson also records Peterson's many lasting achievements, from the phenomenal success of the field guides, to the bird paintings that brought him renown as "the twentieth century's Audubon," to the establishment of the Roger Tory Peterson Institute to carry on his work in conservation and education.

Guerrillas and terrorists / / Richard Clutterbuck

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910778830503321
• Autore: Clutterbuck Richard L
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chicago : , : Ohio University Press, , 1980; ©1977
• ISBN: 0-8214-4009-8; 0-585-07575-1
• Edizione: [First American edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (127 p.)
• Disciplina: 303.6/2
• Soggetti: Terrorism; Guerrilla warfare
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Bibliography: pages 117-119.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; Conflict for our time; Rooted in history; Lessons from South East Asia; Peaceful use of military forces; Northern Ireland; The Palestinians; The Terrorist International; Protection against terrorism; The price to pay; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Terrorism and guerrilla warfare, whether justified as resistance to oppression or condemned as disrupting the rule of law, are as old as civilization itself. The power of the terrorist, however, has been magnified by modern weapons, including television, which he has learned to exploit. To protect itself, society must understand the terrorist and what he is trying to do; thus Dr. Clutterbuck's purpose in writing this book: "to contribute to the understanding and cooperation between the police, the public and the media."