The Natural History of Pennsylvania

by Stan Freeman, Mike Nasuti (Illustrator)

Overview

"The Natural History of Pennsylvania" is a unique, comprehensive guide to the nature of Pennsylvania. There are more than 400 full-color photographs, maps and illustrations covering everything from bears and beavers to snakes and spiders to weather and wildflowers. Learn about the state's geology, its endangered species and its rivers and mountains. Find out how it was shaped by the ice age and the movement of the continents. Learn about the first human residents. There are identification pages, with photos, of the common birds, butterflies, trees and wildflowers. And there's a month-by-month calendar showing when events in nature happen in Pennsylvania.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780989333337
Publisher:	Hampshire House Publishing Co.
Publication date:	08/01/2015
Pages:	112
Sales rank:	1,100,724
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Stan Freeman spent nearly 30 years as a journalist, most of that time as the science writer. His articles have appeared in more than two dozen publications. He won awards for both science and environmental writing. He is a graduate of Cornell University and a native of New York.

Mike Nasuti has been an art director for newspapers and magazines for nearly 30 years. He is a graduate of the Massachusetts College of Art and a native of Massachusetts.

Table of Contents

Wildlife of Pennsylvania, birds, raptors, deer, bears, foxes, coyotes and wolves, beavers, bobcats, bats, skunks, squirrels, other mammals, roadkill, animal families, snakes, turtles, frogs, butterflies, metamorphosis, dragonflies, spiders, other insects, ecosystems, fish, wildflowers, mushrooms, state parks, trees, tree seeds, acorn ecology, geology, dinosaurs, ice age, human settlement, mountains, water, weather, nature calendar