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Spare the birds! George Bird Grinnell and the first Audubon Society

Title
Spare the birds! [electronic resource] : George Bird Grinnell and the first Audubon Society / Carolyn Merchant.
Author
Merchant, Carolyn.
Publication
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2016]

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Additional Authors
Grinnell, George Bird, 1849-1938.
Description
1 online resource (xiii, 328 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color)
Uniform Title
Spare the birds! (Online)
Alternative Title
  • Spare the birds! (Online)
  • George Bird Grinnell and the first Audubon Society
Subject
  • Grinnell, George Bird, 1849-1938
  • Audubon, John James, 1785-1851
  • Wilson, Alexander, 1766-1813
  • National Audubon Society > History
  • National Audubon Society
  • Birds > Conservation > History. > United States
  • Ornithologists > United States > Biography
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-314) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Part I. George Bird Grinnell's Audubon Society. 1. Lucy and John James Audubon's influence on Grinnell ; 2. Grinnell's Audubon Society -- Part II. George Bird Grinnell's writings on John James Audubon and Alexander Wilson in The Audubon magazine. 3. Introduction to Grinnell's writings ; 4. The life of John James Audubon / George Bird Grinnell ; 5. The character of John James Audubon / George Bird Grinnell ; 6. Incidents of Audubon's life / George Bird Grinnell ; 7. Audubonian sketches / R[obert] W. Shufeldt ; 8. Biography of Alexander Wilson / George Bird Grinnell -- Part III. Grinnell's monthly birds in The Audubon magazine, 1887-1889. 9. Introduction to Grinnell's monthly birds ; 10. Grinnell's monthly birds. I ; 11. Grinnell's monthly birds. II -- Epilogue: Grinnell's achievements -- Appendixes. 1. Other early and recent biographies of Audubon ; 2. Producing Audubon's Birds of America and Grinnell's monthly birds ; 3. Timeline: Alexander Wilson ; 4. Timeline: John James Audubon and Lucy Bakewell Audubon ; 5. Timeline: George Bird Grinnell.
LCCN
2016933636
OCLC
ssj0001914455
Author
Merchant, Carolyn.
Title
Spare the birds! [electronic resource] : George Bird Grinnell and the first Audubon Society / Carolyn Merchant.
Imprint
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2016]
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-314) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
Added Author
Grinnell, George Bird, 1849-1938.
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