Birds Over America
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1948. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good / Fair. Item #2307451
Good in fair jacket. Spine and edges faded, jacket well worn along edges with loss from corners, spine, and flap edges, front matter a bit foxed.
xiii, 342 pp. The twentieth book to receive the John Burroughs Medal for excellence in natural history. Includes 105 black-and-white photographs taken by the author. Peterson is well-known for his popular field guides, which greatly helped to increase interest in ornithology. This book follows him on birdwatching expeditions in various locales, including a chapter entitled Trailing America's Rarest Bird (the ivory-billed woodpecker).
Price: $45.00