GREEN LAURELS, THE LIVES AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE GREAT NATURALISTS
by DONALD CULROSS PEATTIE
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
NEW YORK: THE LITERARY GUILD, 1936 NICE LOOKING GREEN COVER, GOLD PRINT ON SPINE. PROTECTIVE COVER SHOWS WEAR. NO INTERNAL MARKINGS, TIGHT AND CLEAN. Donald Culross Peattie (June 21, 1898 ¿ November 16, 1964) was an American botanist, naturalist and author. He was described by Joseph Wood Krutch as "perhaps the most widely read of all contemporary American nature writers" during his heyday. His brother, Roderick Peattie (1891-1955), was a geographer and a noted author in his own right. PEATTIE WRITES A WONDERFUL TRIBUTE FOR ALL WHO LOVE NATURE- THE FIRST SENTENCE IN HIS FORWARD READS- "OF ALL THINGS UNDER THE SUN THAT A MAN MAY LOVE, THE LIVING WORLD HE LOVES MOST PURELY." CHARLES DARWIN'S PICTURE IS THE FRONTISPIECE, THERE ARE PICTURES THROUGHOUT THE BOOK. A WONDERFUL READ FOR THE NATURE LOVER. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.
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- Antique Books Den (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000810
- Title
- GREEN LAURELS, THE LIVES AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE GREAT NATURALISTS
- Author
- DONALD CULROSS PEATTIE
- Illustrator
- ILLUSTRATED
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- THE LITERARY GUILD
- Place of Publication
- NEW YORK
- Date Published
- 1936
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- CONSERVATION, NATURE
- Bookseller catalogs
- EDUCATION; Philosophy; Autobiography and Biography;
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