Birds and Men

Robert Henry Welker

Published by Harvard University Press 1955

Birds and Men

American Birds in Science, Art, Literature, and Conservation, 1800–1900

Robert Henry Welker

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674436824

Contents

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Illustrations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	viii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. New Lands, New Birds Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	6
2. Pioneer and Prophet: Alexander Wilson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	18
3. The "American Ornithology" Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
4. A Meeting of Consequence Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	48
5. Fulfilling Genius: John James Audubon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	59
6. Bird Art and Audubon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	71
7. Literary Birdman: Henry David Thoreau Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	91
8. Emerson and Other Worthies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	116
9. "John o' Birds''' : John Burroughs Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
10. American Bird Poetry: Whitman and Others Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	136
11. End-of-the-Century Prose Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
12. The Beginnings of Conservation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
13. Federal and State Bird Books Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	167
14. Educating a Wider Public Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
15. Boys, Pot-Hunters, and Women Enemies of Birds Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	193
16. Rescue at Hand Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	200
Selected Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	213
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Copyright year: 1955
Edition: Reprint 2014
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 230
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 40
- Other: 40 halftones
Keywords: Birds -- United States.; Birds -- Conservation -- United States.; Feathers.; Birds in literature.; Birds in art.

eBook

Published: October 1, 2013
ISBN: 9780674436824

Hardcover

Published: February 5, 1955
ISBN: 9780674436817