Robert Finch (1) (1943–)
Autore di Norton Book of Nature Writing
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Sull'Autore
Robert Finch has lived on Cape Cod for forty years, currently in Wellfleet, Massachusetts. He is the author of seven collections of essays, most recently of his radio scripts for the Cape and Islands NPR Station, WCAI.
Opere di Robert Finch
Opere correlate
The Outer Lands: A Natural History Guide to Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, Block Island, and Long Island (1967) — Prefazione — 64 copie
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1943
- Sesso
- male
- Luogo di residenza
- Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 15
- Opere correlate
- 4
- Utenti
- 594
- Popolarità
- #42,287
- Voto
- 3.8
- Recensioni
- 7
- ISBN
- 47
- Lingue
- 1
to simply LEAVE THE ANIMALS ALONE!
Three of the best reasons to keep reading the 908 many exciting and informative pages
are Barry Lopez (excluding the hunting) and The Narwal,
Gilbert White and his Timothy Turtle,
and the inspiration of Robert Michael Pyle.
Oddly, the chronology opens on a sad note with felling an ancient Oak and the death of its raven.
It would be welcome to see this gone...
And just start with Timothy the Tortoise and earthworms so critical to soil and Life!
Vivid description of Ivory Billed Woodpecker follows, along with The Marten and the Hedgehog.
Horrors of collection for dissection are covered, as well murdering, "Struggling in mortal agony" for sport.
Thanks again, Audubon and Washington Irving and John Clare and Catlin's dying herds and hateful men.
and William Bartram's strange journey, plus fly fishing ( Fish have feelings, non?) and woodchuck murdering.
It would be great to add Charles Lyell's influential Principles of Geology.… (altro)