Author: Charles Wendell Townsend
Publisher: Theclassics.Us
ISBN: 9781230203959
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Languages : en
Pages : 68
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1918 edition. Excerpt: ... index Acadians, 12, 53, 81, 85, 139 Acunishuan, 55. Agriculture in Labrador, 279-83-Alder, Alnus tncana, var. llauca and it. vtridij var. mollis, 124, 151,159. Alexander. See Scotch lovage. Allen, Dr. Glover M., 40, 204, 302. American Harbor, 8, 45, 7a, 328. Anae a Malouin, aio. Anseau Clair..See Anae dair. Anae des Dunes, 240,262,263. Anae clair, 256, 260. Anticosti Island, 34, 190, 330. Audubon Island, no. Audubon, John James, 1, 7, 9. 10, 13. 22, 26, 47, 49. 68, 77. 89. 93. 97. 108. 10. 12a, 130, 136, 153, 154, 157. 163. 166, 169, 174, 226, 234, aj6. 37. 39. 270. 284, 293-age, 15. birth, 16. character, 3. fatigue, 15. handicapped by ignorant pilot, 13, 17, 22, 77. '74-homesickneas, 17. hours of labor, 9, 14, 15. interest in natural history, 18, 19. journal, 79, So. letters from, 335-37. seasickness, 16, 153. Audubon, John Woodhouse, 2, 4,5-Audubon, Maria R., 3. Audubon, Victor, 4, 335, 337. Auk, Great, Plautus tmfxnnts, 19a Razor-billed, Alca tarda, 9, 13. 82, 89, 90, 116, 117, 125, 129, 138, 139, 140. 172, 223, 240, 243, 290, 294-Baffin Land, 213. Bate it Portage. 5m Mutton Bay. Bale du Lac Sale, 172. Bake-Apple. See Cloudberry. Balsam fir, A bus balsamua, 65, 69.90, 1so, 171.173. 5. 57. a63-Banding of birds, 98, 100. Baneberry, red, Actma rubra, 252. Bathing, sea, 76,101,160,196. Battle Harbor, 130. origin of name of, 231, 232. Bay of Chaleurs, 4, 190. Bay of Fundy, 5, 25. Bay of Seven Islands, 30, 31, 3-Bay Johan Beetx. Sot Piaahtc Bar-Bayfield, Capt., 11, 20, 78, 332-Beach pea, Lathyrus manl-imus, 60, 184. Beaches, raised, 18, 63, 154-56, 200, 211, 223, 250, 260. Beachgrass, A mmophila arma-ria, 81. Bear, polar, Thalarctos marit-imus, 168. Bearberry, Arctostaphylos al-pina, 262. Beaver, Castor...
Author: Peter B. Logan
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780997228212
Category : Animal painters
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The Birds of America. One man's dream to illustrate and publish a work depicting all the birds of North America. Midway through the nearly twelve-year project, the French-American painter and naturalist John James Audubon was beset by obstacles and began to doubt if he could complete it. He still needed to find and paint scores of additional species before he could lay aside his brush. The uncharted shores of Labrador beckoned with rumors of avian rarities, but an expedition to the north would be a severe trial. It was a desolate land, and its brief summer would afford him little time to accomplish his mission. At the age of forty-eight, he questioned how much longer he could maintain the punishing pace his project demanded. His wife, Lucy, feared for his health. Audubon was undaunted. However, as he sailed for Labrador in early June, developments abroad threatened to undo his work. Robert Havell Jr., the brilliant London engraver who had brought Audubon's vision to the page, was ready to quit. At the same time, the naturalist's harshest critic in England had just unleashed an attack on him in Britain's foremost natural-history journal. Half a world away, Audubon was unable to respond.Through the lens of this heretofore unwritten tale, Audubon scholar Peter B. Logan offers a beautifully textured narrative for historians and Audubon lovers. Meticulously researched, using many previously unknown sources, this groundbreaking book portrays the panoramic sweep of Audubon's remarkable life, from his illegitimate birth through his aimless early years as a frontier storekeeper to his decision to launch a daring enterprise from which he would emerge as America's greatest naturalist. At the heart of this saga lies the Labrador expedition. With the reader alongside during the most critical point in his career, Audubon is revealed as his closest friends knew him--dynamic, gregarious, utterly indomitable, while simultaneously insecure, egotistical, and not beyond stretching the truth when it suited him. This compelling biography rewrites the unforgettable story of the iconic American woodsman, whose passion produced an enduring monument to natural history that remains unmatched.
Author: Glen Chilton
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 143912499X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 322
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In an obsessive 82,000-mile quest for dead birds, how much trouble can one scientist get into? Finally, the world's leading authority on the extinct Labrador Duck, Dr. Glen Chilton, shares the story of his frenzied obsession to reveal the histories behind the mysterious bird -- a saga wherein he sets out to examine the remains of every Labrador Duck, conduct genetic analysis on every Labrador Duck egg, and visit every site where the duck was shot...with many a (mis)adventure along the way. More elusive than the Passenger Pigeon, the Dodo, or the Great Auk and breeding in places so obscure that no certain records exist of its nests, the Labrador Duck succumbed to extinction almost before anyone realized it was in decline. When Chilton began his travels, there were thought to be approximately fifty stuffed specimens, scattered among the museums of Europe and North America. However, as his search progressed, it became clear that some specimens had been lost to war and theft, while others lay hidden in far-flung collections, overseen by secretive curators. After traveling the equivalent of 3.3 times around the world with a series of oddball companions, Chilton finally began to close in on every known specimen...but not before he risked heavy-metal poisoning in Russia, swam naked in a glacier-fed stream, corresponded with a millionaire murderer, and narrowly avoided arrest in New York City. A magnificent blend of travel writing, science, detective work, and mishap, The Curse of the Labrador Duck is the zany adventure of one biologist's obsessive quest to uncover the mysteries of one of the world's most enigmatic birds.
Author: Charles Wendell Townsend
Author: Charles Wendell Townsend
Author: Charles Wendell Townsend
Author: Charles Wendell 1859-1934 Townsend
Author: Charles Wendell 1859 Townsend
Author: Charles Wendell Townsend
Author: John James Audubon
Author: Lucy Green Bakewell Audubon