Elliott Coues Naturalist and Frontier Historian |
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| Author:
| Cutright, Paul Russell
Brodhead, Michael J. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-252-06987-1 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2001 |
| Publisher: | University of Illinois Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $24.95 |
Book Description:
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Best known as the author of the pioneering Key to North American Birds, Elliott Coues (1842-99) was one of America's most renowned but least understood ornithologists and historians-as well as a naturalist, anatomist, taxonomist, writer and editor, Army surgeon on the American frontier, occultist, and the youngest person ever to become a member of the National Academy of Sciences. Now available in paperback, this comprehensive biography of a brilliant, ambitious, and phenomenally...
More DescriptionBest known as the author of the pioneering Key to North American Birds, Elliott Coues (1842-99) was one of America's most renowned but least understood ornithologists and historians-as well as a naturalist, anatomist, taxonomist, writer and editor, Army surgeon on the American frontier, occultist, and the youngest person ever to become a member of the National Academy of Sciences. Now available in paperback, this comprehensive biography of a brilliant, ambitious, and phenomenally productive man ranks as the definitive life of Elliott Coues.