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Of a Feather: A Brief History of American Birding
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4.1 out of 5
Based on 244 Ratings and 69 Reviews

Book Description
Arriving in the New World, Europeans were awestruck by a continent awash with birds. Today tens of millions of Americans birders have made a once eccentric hobby into something so mainstream it's (almost) cool.

Scott Weidensaul traces the colorful evolution of American birding: from the frontier ornithologists who collected eggs between border skirmishes to the society matrons who org... More
Book Information
PublisherMariner Books
BindingPaperback (6 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages368
ISBN-100156033550
ISBN-13978-0156033558
Publication Date09/15/2008
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About Scott Weidensaul (Author) : Scott Weidensaul is a published author of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of Scott Weidensaul include Birds (Audubon Society First Field Guide), Max Bonker and th... more
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5/11/2010 Peni Griffin said: Birding. It's contagous.
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