Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 554 pages
- Published by: Houghton Mifflin June 15, 1993
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0395467241
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0395467244
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Book Dimensions:
7.2 x 4.5 x 1.2 inches
- Weighs: 1.4 pounds
Product Description
Companion volume to Eastern Forests, these are the first field guides that go beyond identification to interpretation, combining wildlife and plant life in a single volume, and providing today's environmentally conscious readers with insightful, intriguing ecological information. 48 color plates. 50 line drawings.
About The Author
John Kricher is a professor of Biology at Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts. He also wrote a Neotrophical Companion and several books in the Peterson Field Guide Series.
Gordon Morrison is a well-known naturalist whose work has been praised by Roger Tory Peterson as "Marvelous, gorgeous, great . . . Morrison's work is so inspiring that I wish such clear material was available when I was slowly learning ecology. . . . We owe a debt of gratitude to Gordon for his interpretive skills as an artist. He is a superb teacher who uses visual methods." Robert Bateman likened his work to that of Albrecht Durer and Andrew Wyeth. Gordon Morrison makes his home in Massachusetts.
Roger Tory Peterson, one of the world's greatest naturalists, received every major award for ornithology, natural science, and conservation, as well as numerous honorary degrees, medals, and citations, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The Peterson Identification System has been called the greatest invention since binoculars, and the Peterson Field Guides® are credited with helping to set the stage for the environmental movement.