Wild Animals of North America

Wild Animals of North America - Intimate Studies of Big and Little Creatures of the Mammal Kingdom

In offering this volume of Wild Animals of North America to members of the National Geographic Society, the Editor combines the text and illustrations of two entire numbers of the National Geographic Magazinethat of November, 1916, devoted to the Larger Mammals of North America, and that of May, 1918, in which the Smaller Mammals of our continent were described and presented pictorially. Edward W. Nelson, the author of both articles, is one of the foremost naturalists of our time. For forty years he has been the friend and student of North Americas wild-folk. He has made his home in forest and desert, on mountain side and plain, amid the snows of Alaska and the tropic heat of Central American jungleswherever Natures creatures of infinite variety were to be observed, their habits noted, and their range defined. In the whole realm of scientists, the Geographic could not have found a writer more admirably equipped for the authorship of a book such as Wild Animals of North America than Mr. Nelson, for, in addition to his exceptional scientific training and his standing as Chief of the unique U. S. Biological Survey, he possesses the rare quality of the born writer, able to visualize for the reader the things which he has seen and the experiences which he has undergone in seeing them. Each of his animal biographies, of which there are 119 in this volume, is a cameo brochureconcisely and entertainingly presented, yet never deviating from scientific accuracy. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 59475
Author: Nelson, Edward William
Release Date: May 10, 2019
Format: eBook
Language: English

Contributors

Illustrator: Fuertes, Louis Agassiz, 1874-1927 , Seton, Ernest Thompson, 1860-1946