A Naturalist in Alaska

Tucson. AZ: The University of Arizona Press, 1996. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Murie, Olaus J.. ix 302 pages, indexed. The book has been covered in contact and there is an ownership signature on the front end paper, else pristine as though never read. "Adolph Murie (September 6, 1899 - August 16, 1974), the first scientist to study wolves in their natural habitat, was a naturalist, author, and wildlife biologist who pioneered field research on wolves, bears, and other mammals and birds in Arctic and sub-Arctic Alaska. He was also instrumental in protecting wolves from eradication and in preserving the biological integrity of the Denali National Park and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. In 1989 Professor John A. Murray of the English Department at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks received an NEH grant to inventory the extensive Adolph Murie written and slide archives at Rasmusson Library in the Arctic and Polar Collection. He wrote a forty-page report and biographical narrative of Adolph Murie, which remains unpublished but which is in his papers." (Wikipedia)