Spare the birds! George Bird Grinnell and the first Audubon Society / Carolyn Merchant.

Author/creator Merchant, Carolyn
Other author Grinnell, George Bird, 1849-1938.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew Haven : Yale University Press, [2016]
Descriptionxiii, 328 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 25 cm
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
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Portion of title George Bird Grinnell and the first Audubon Society
Contents Part I. George Bird Grinnell's Audubon Society. 1. Lucy and John James Audubon's influence on Grinnell ; 2. Grinnell's Audubon Society -- Part II. George Bird Grinnell's writings on John James Audubon and Alexander Wilson in The Audubon magazine. 3. Introduction to Grinnell's writings ; 4. The life of John James Audubon / George Bird Grinnell ; 5. The character of John James Audubon / George Bird Grinnell ; 6. Incidents of Audubon's life / George Bird Grinnell ; 7. Audubonian sketches / R[obert] W. Shufeldt ; 8. Biography of Alexander Wilson / George Bird Grinnell -- Part III. Grinnell's monthly birds in The Audubon magazine, 1887-1889. 9. Introduction to Grinnell's monthly birds ; 10. Grinnell's monthly birds. I ; 11. Grinnell's monthly birds. II -- Epilogue: Grinnell's achievements -- Appendixes. 1. Other early and recent biographies of Audubon ; 2. Producing Audubon's Birds of America and Grinnell's monthly birds ; 3. Timeline: Alexander Wilson ; 4. Timeline: John James Audubon and Lucy Bakewell Audubon ; 5. Timeline: George Bird Grinnell.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 265-314) and index.
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Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2016933636
ISBN9780300215458 (cloth : alk paper)
ISBN0300215452 (cloth : alk paper)