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Wild America : The record of 30,000 mile journey around the north American continent by an American naturalist and his British colleague / by Roger Tory Peterson and James Fisher.

By:

Peterson, Roger Tory

Contributor(s):

Fisher, James

Publication details: Collins, 1956. London :Description: 416 p. : ill. ; 22 cmSubject(s):

DDC classification:

23 598.097

Contents:

Prologue -- 1. Atlantic gateway -- 2. Sea cliffs of cape st. mary -- 3. The rude bridge -- 4. Wild trails for the millions -- 5. City in the woods -- 6. Down the blue ridge -- 7. On top of old smoky -- 8. Deep south -- 9. Wildlife cheesecake -- 10. World invader - the cattle-egret -- 11. Kites over the sawgrass -- 12. The 'glades -- 13. America's coral islands -- 14. Ivory-bill quest -- 15. Flying gardens of avery island -- 16. Lydia ann -- 17. Wilderness lost -- 18. South of the border -- 19. Sun on the lost land -- 20. Islands in the sky -- 21. Desert Gardens -- 22. Land of the old people -- 23. "Something has happened here" -- 24. From inferno to valley of torture -- 25. The cliffs of coronado -- 26. Pleistocene giants -- 27. Golden coast -- 28. Big trees and the big ice -- 29. Goose country -- 30. Deep blue lake -- 31. Ghost forest and rain forest -- 32. Cave dwellers of destruction -- 33. Tundra of the emperors -- 34. The islands of the seals -- 35. Birds of the seal islands -- 36. Back home -- Appendix: History of the fur-seal herds -- Index--

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Non-Loanable Book	Library	Reserve	598.097 PET (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not for loan		000075216

Illustrated by Roger Tory Peterson

Contains index and appendix

Prologue --
1. Atlantic gateway -- 2. Sea cliffs of cape st. mary -- 3. The rude bridge -- 4. Wild trails for the millions -- 5. City in the woods -- 6. Down the blue ridge -- 7. On top of old smoky -- 8. Deep south -- 9. Wildlife cheesecake -- 10. World invader - the cattle-egret -- 11. Kites over the sawgrass -- 12. The 'glades -- 13. America's coral islands -- 14. Ivory-bill quest -- 15. Flying gardens of avery island -- 16. Lydia ann -- 17. Wilderness lost -- 18. South of the border -- 19. Sun on the lost land -- 20. Islands in the sky -- 21. Desert Gardens -- 22. Land of the old people -- 23. "Something has happened here" -- 24. From inferno to valley of torture -- 25. The cliffs of coronado -- 26. Pleistocene giants -- 27. Golden coast -- 28. Big trees and the big ice -- 29. Goose country -- 30. Deep blue lake -- 31. Ghost forest and rain forest -- 32. Cave dwellers of destruction -- 33. Tundra of the emperors -- 34. The islands of the seals -- 35. Birds of the seal islands -- 36. Back home --
Appendix: History of the fur-seal herds --
Index--

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Wild America : The record of 30,000 mile journey around the north American continent by an American naturalist and his British colleague / by Roger Tory Peterson and James Fisher.