Author: Alice Blanche Balfour
Publisher:
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Category : Africa, East
Languages : en
Pages : 336
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Twelve Hundred Miles in a Waggon
Author: Alice Blanche Balfour
Publisher:
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Category : Africa, East
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, East
Languages : en
Pages : 336
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Twelve Hundred Miles in a Waggon, Africa
Author: Alice Blanche Balfour
Publisher:
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Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 344
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Publisher:
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Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 344
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Twelve Hundred Miles by Horse and Burro
Author: Harley Shaw
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 081654932X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
J. Stokley Ligon's work in bird conservation, habitat protection, and wildlife legislation during the mid-twentieth century is well-documented in his own writing and the writing of others. But hovering in the background of Ligon's life story has always been the rumor of a trip he made alone as a young man in 1913 in which he covered much of New Mexico alone on horseback. Details of the trip had faded into history, and Ligon—a self-effacing man—had never published the story. As it turns out, the trek was Ligon's first job with the US Biological Survey, and it did not go entirely undocumented. The breeding bird population report that eventually resulted from the journey, photographs from glass plate negatives, and—perhaps most enticingly—Ligon's own personal diary from these travels are presented here. Not just a compelling account of the expedition itself, the materials and insights found in this volume also reveal aspects of Ligon's family history, his early interest in wildlife, and the development of the wilderness skills needed to undertake such a survey. Using his original itinerary and handwritten report, the authors of this book revisited many of the places that Ligon surveyed and in a few cases were even able to locate and repeat Ligon's early photographs. Combined with a discussion of the conditions of birds and other wildlife then and now, this volume serves as a useful tool for understanding how wildlife numbers, distribution, and habitats changed in New Mexico over the course of the twentieth century. Birding enthusiasts, historians, naturalists, and even armchair adventurers will all find something to love in this chronicle of a young man from a West Texas ranching family with a driving ambition to be a professional naturalist and writer.
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 081654932X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
J. Stokley Ligon's work in bird conservation, habitat protection, and wildlife legislation during the mid-twentieth century is well-documented in his own writing and the writing of others. But hovering in the background of Ligon's life story has always been the rumor of a trip he made alone as a young man in 1913 in which he covered much of New Mexico alone on horseback. Details of the trip had faded into history, and Ligon—a self-effacing man—had never published the story. As it turns out, the trek was Ligon's first job with the US Biological Survey, and it did not go entirely undocumented. The breeding bird population report that eventually resulted from the journey, photographs from glass plate negatives, and—perhaps most enticingly—Ligon's own personal diary from these travels are presented here. Not just a compelling account of the expedition itself, the materials and insights found in this volume also reveal aspects of Ligon's family history, his early interest in wildlife, and the development of the wilderness skills needed to undertake such a survey. Using his original itinerary and handwritten report, the authors of this book revisited many of the places that Ligon surveyed and in a few cases were even able to locate and repeat Ligon's early photographs. Combined with a discussion of the conditions of birds and other wildlife then and now, this volume serves as a useful tool for understanding how wildlife numbers, distribution, and habitats changed in New Mexico over the course of the twentieth century. Birding enthusiasts, historians, naturalists, and even armchair adventurers will all find something to love in this chronicle of a young man from a West Texas ranching family with a driving ambition to be a professional naturalist and writer.
Bulletin of the Public Library of the City of Boston
Author: Boston Public Library
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 406
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 406
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Monthly Bulletin of Books Added to the Public Library of the City of Boston
Author: Boston Public Library
Publisher:
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Category : Boston (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 412
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Publisher:
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Category : Boston (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 412
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Africanderisms
Author: Charles Pettman
Publisher:
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Category : African languages
Languages : en
Pages : 618
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : African languages
Languages : en
Pages : 618
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Catalogue of Books
Author: Perth (W.A.). Public Library
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 618
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 618
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The Best Books: D, Society. E, Geography. 1912
Author: William Swan Sonnenschein
Publisher:
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Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 620
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 620
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The Athenaeum
Author:
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Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 880
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Publisher:
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Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 880
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D, Society. E, Geography. 1912
Author: William Swan Sonnenschein
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 630
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 630
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