
Love Affair with Birds : The Life of Thomas Sadler Roberts.
Title:
Love Affair with Birds : The Life of Thomas Sadler Roberts.
Author:
Leaf, Sue.
ISBN:
9780816688807
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (296 pages)
Contents:
A Love Affair with Birds: THE LIFE OF THOMAS SADLER ROBERTS -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: A Fledgling Start -- Chapter 2: Acquiring an Eagle Eye -- Chapter 3: The Young Naturalists' Society -- Chapter 4: College Boy -- Chapter 5: A Gypsy Life -- Chapter 6: The Medical Student -- Chapter 7: A Family Man -- Chapter 8: The Busy Physician -- Chapter 9: The Empty Day -- Chapter 10: A Florida Interlude -- Chapter 11: The Associate Curator -- Chapter 12: Gains and Losses -- Chapter 13: Writing the Book -- Chapter 14: Building Mr. Bell's Museum -- Chapter 15: The Cardinal Hour -- Epilogue -- Photo Inserts -- P-i. -- P-ii. -- P-iii. -- P-iv. -- P-v. -- P-vi. -- P-vii. -- P-viii. -- P-ix. -- P-x. -- P-xi. -- P-xii. -- P-xiii. -- P-xiv. -- P-xv. -- P-xvi. -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Abstract:
A Love Affair with Birds is the first full biography of Thomas Sadler Roberts. Bird enthusiast, doctor, author, curator, educator, conservationist: every chapter in Roberts's life is also a chapter in the state's history, and in his story acclaimed author Sue Leaf-an avid bird enthusiast and nature lover herself-captures a true Minnesota character and his time.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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