Birding with a Purpose-84-C Tapa dura - 1984

Iowa State Univ. Press. HARDCOVER. 1984. 0813802288 :Binding:Hardcover in rubbed jacket; prev. owner's label on ffep; o/w unmarked.<br />Vendor: Iowa State Press<br />Subject:Biography & Autobiography | General . Very Good. 1st.

Iowa State University Press, January 1984. Hardcover. Used - Good. age/light discoloration and wear on jacket, foxing inside jacket, some wear on edges of cover Hardcover

Iowa State University Press, 1984. Photos, illustrations, 130 pages..The author tells tales of her years of field research, trapping and banding raptors and other birds. Dust jacket is worn and faded but no rips or chips. Inscription on front end sheet.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Oar, Jack.

Iowa State University Press, 1984-01-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Iowa State University Press, 1984-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Ames: Iowa State UP, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Fine. Signed on the title page by Hamerstrom and by the illustrator Jack Oar. Uncommon signed (her first book, An Eagle to the Sky, is common signed, but her other books seem the opposite).  Birding with a Purpose is Hamerstrom's third memoir, following up on her exploration of her prairie chicken field work in Strictly for the Chickens with this book that's more generally about her passion for birds and her work especially with raptors. Her humor abides again. Hamerstrom broke away from an elite--and as she saw it, effete--background in Boston to become an important woman in ecology and conservation, the only woman to earn a graduate degree from Aldo Leopold (who encouraged her toward those chickens).  Ultimately she was the author of a dozen books and more than 150 scientific papers. She twice won the Wildlife Society Award. With her late husband Frederick, she also won the 1971 National Wildlife Federation Award for… Leer más