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Autore: | Leaf Sue <1953-> |
Titolo: | A love affair with birds [[electronic resource] ] : the life of Thomas Sadler Roberts / / Sue Leaf |
Pubblicazione: | Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (296 p.) |
Disciplina: | 598.092 |
B | |
Soggetto topico: | Ornithologists - United States |
Ornithologists - Minnesota | |
Physicians - Minnesota | |
Birds - Minnesota | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | A love affair with birds |
ISBN: | 1-4529-4745-7 |
0-8166-8880-X | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910786955803321 |
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