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UNINA9910828710003321 |
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Autore |
Leaf Sue <1953-> |
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Titolo |
A love affair with birds : the life of Thomas Sadler Roberts / / Sue Leaf |
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Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, 2013 |
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ISBN |
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1-4529-4745-7 |
0-8166-8880-X |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (296 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Ornithologists - United States |
Ornithologists - Minnesota |
Physicians - Minnesota |
Birds - Minnesota |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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A fledgling start -- Acquiring an eagle eye -- The young naturalists' society -- College boy -- A gypsy life -- The medical student -- A family man -- The busy physician -- The empty day -- A Florida interlude -- The associate curator -- Gains and losses -- Writing the book -- Building Mr. Bell's museum -- The cardinal hour -- Epilogue. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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A Love Affair with Birds is the first full biography of Thomas Sadler Roberts. Bird enthusiast, doctor, author, curator, educator, conservationist: every chapter in Roberts's life is also a chapter in the state's history, and in his story acclaimed author Sue Leaf-an avid bird enthusiast and nature lover herself-captures a true Minnesota character and his time. |
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