0618966145
9780618966141
544 pages
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
9.0 X 6.0 X 1.1 in
32.50
Available
28 Aug 2008
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In celebration of the centennial of Roger Tory Peterson’s birth comes a historic collaboration among renowned birding experts and artists to preserve and enhance the Peterson legacy. This new book combines the Peterson Field Guide to Eastern Birds and Peterson Field Guide to Western Birds into one volume, filled with accessible, concise information and including almost three hours of video podcasts to make bird watching even easier.
40 new paintings
Digital updates to Peterson’s original paintings, reflecting the latest knowledge of bird identification
All new maps for the most up-to-date range information available
Text rewritten to cover the U.S. and Canada in one guide
Larger trim size accommodates range maps on every spread
Contributors include: Michael DiGiorgio, Jeff Gordon, Paul Lehman, Michael O’Brien, Larry Rosche, and Bill Thompson III
Includes URL to register for access to video podcasts
In celebration of the centennial of Roger Tory Peterson’s birth comes a historic collaboration among renowned birding experts and artists to preserve and enhance the Peterson legacy. This new book combines the Peterson Field Guide to Eastern Birds and Peterson Field Guide to Western Birds into one volume, filled with accessible, concise information and including almost three hours of video podcasts to make bird watching even easier.
40 new paintings
Digital updates to Peterson’s original paintings, reflecting the latest knowledge of bird identification
All new maps for the most up-to-date range information available
Text rewritten to cover the U.S. and Canada in one guide
Larger trim size accommodates range maps on every spread
Contributors include: Michael DiGiorgio, Jeff Gordon, Paul Lehman, Michael O’Brien, Larry Rosche, and Bill Thompson III
Includes URL to register for access to video podcasts
"I'm happy to report, the Peterson guide is back, and in a big way." - Birders World
"This new field guide should solidify Peterson's already monumental place in the history of birding." Cleveland Plain Dealer
"This book is a classic with updated information." - Birding Business
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Roger Tory Peterson had already made his mark with his innovative field guide when he conducted DDT research during World War II. His friend and fellow naturalist Rachel Carson built on these efforts and eventually wrote Silent Spring, a landmark text that, along with Peterson’s field guide, jump-started the modern environmental movement.
By combining the tireless observation of a scientist with the imaginative skills of an artist and writer, Peterson created a field guide that Robert Bateman, in his foreword to the fifth edition, says was the doorway for millions of people into the wonderland of natural history. The Peterson Identification System has been used in the more than fifty books that make up the Peterson Field Guide series. Peterson’s magnum opus, now in its fifth edition, created the trail for countless field guides to follow. They are still following year by year, but his is the standard by which all other field guides are judged.
On the morning of July 28, 1996, Roger Peterson was painting his final bird plate. He died peacefully in his sleep later that day. It is fitting that his final work—a culmination of more than sixty years of observing, painting, and writing—should be this one, a revision of the guide that started his legacy.
NATURE / Birds & Birdwatching