Alexander Wilson : The Scot Who Founded American Ornithology The Scot Who Founded American Ornithology / Edward H. Burtt, William E. Davis.

Main Description: Audubon was not the father of American ornithology. That honorific belongs to Alexander Wilson, whose encyclopedic American Ornithology established a distinctive approach that emphasized the observation of live birds. In the first full-length study to reproduce all of Wilson's unpu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Burtt, Edward H., Jr., 1948-
Other Authors:	Davis, William E., Jr., 1936-
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge ; MA and London ; England : Harvard University Press, 2013.
Edition:	2013.
Subjects:	Wilson, Alexander, > 1766-1813. Wilson, Alexander, > 1766-1813. > American ornithology > Illustrations. Ornithologists > United States > Biography. Ornithology > United States > History. Birds > United States > Pictorial works.
Genre:	Illustrations. Biography. Pictorial works.
Online Access:	Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (Digital Object Identifier Permalink)
Physical Description:	Online-Resource.
Format:	Electronic eBook

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