The World of Roger Tory Peterson: An Authorized Biography

xxi, 266 pp. Includes section of photographs, as well as paintings & illustrations by Roger Tory Peterson. "From the Foreword: "Roger Tory Peterson's field guides and the other books which bear his name have instructed millions of people in the richness of the natural world. If we were to single out his most important contribution, would it be these remarkable books? His brilliantly life-like portraits of birds? His extraordinary effectiveness as a spokesman for conservation and the environment? His greatest contribution, I believe, is the sum of these - our enlarged awareness.""