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Alexander Wilson

The Scot Who Founded American Ornithology

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HARDCOVER

$35.00 • £25.00 • €31.50

ISBN 9780674072558

Publication: May 2013

Available 04/22/2013

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464 pages

6-3/8 x 9-1/4 inches

146 color illustrations, 6 tables

Belknap Press

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Our knowledge of New World birds stems deeply from the adventurous spirit of a talented rebel poet, Alexander Wilson. This richly illustrated, very special book brings him back to life as an engaging and influential character whose passion for birds primed ours. I couldn’t put it down.—Frank Gill, ornithologist

A definitive work on the history of bird art, ornithology, and nature writing. Volumes have been written on Audubon as though he were the dean of American ornithology, but Burtt and Davis reveal Alexander Wilson as providing the foundation.—Bernd Heinrich, author of The Nesting Season