“Skutch offers us the botanical and zoological riches of the tropics, combining a gifted scientist’s powers of observation with a committed humanist’s reverence for life. Even those who have never been drawn to the tropics will find themselves entranced.” American Birds
In The Imperative Call, Alexander F. Skutch recounts his early years growing up in Maryland and Maine and his adventures in Central America and Jamaica during the 1920s and 1930s, well before modernization affected the region, when the began his classic studies of nesting birds. Weaving precise descriptions of tropical plan, bird, and animal life into a personal philosophy about man and nature, the book is both autobiography and natural history.
“Skutch offers us the botanical and zoological riches of the tropics, combining a gifted scientist’s powers of observation with a committed humanist’s reverence for life. Even those who have never been drawn to the tropics will find themselves entranced.” American Birds
In The Imperative Call, Alexander F. Skutch recounts his early years growing up in Maryland and Maine and his adventures in Central America and Jamaica during the 1920s and 1930s, well before modernization affected the region, when the began his classic studies of nesting birds. Weaving precise descriptions of tropical plan, bird, and animal life into a personal philosophy about man and nature, the book is both autobiography and natural history.
The Imperative Call: A Naturalist's Quest in Temperate and Tropical America
341The Imperative Call: A Naturalist's Quest in Temperate and Tropical America
341Paperback(Revised ed.)
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780813011493 |
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Publisher: | University Press of Florida |
Publication date: | 02/01/1980 |
Edition description: | Revised ed. |
Pages: | 341 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.77(d) |