Elliott Coues: Naturalist and Frontier Historian
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Best known as the author of the pioneering Key to North American Birds, Elliott Coues (1842-99) was one of America's most renowned but least understood ornithologists and historians-as well as a naturalist, anatomist, taxonomist, writer and editor, Army surgeon on the American frontier, occultist, and the youngest person ever to become a member of the National Academy of Sciences. Now available in paperback, this comprehensive biography of a brilliant, ambitious, and phenomenally productive man ranks as the definitive life of Elliott Coues.
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"[A] lively and informative account of one of the great ornithologists of the nineteenth century. . . . [The] authors not only portray the life of a fascinating, inquisitive, and exacting scientist but also give a vivid account of American life from 1840 to the turn of the century. . . . Superbly written, this book should be on the required reading list of anyone interested in the development of science and natural history of America." - Jeffrey L. Malter, Science Books and Films
"Coues was a fascinating man. . . . It is all here: travels, discoveries, brushes with the Indians, loves, feuds, failures, triumphs, honors. Coues was the giant of the last half of the nineteenth century." - American Birds
"[This] account of [Coues's] life will do much to bring him back into the public eye. . . . Capturing Coues in all his diversity, this book is for everyone; it is easy reading, yet informative and-not least-entertaining." - Clayton M. White, Nature
"There are three great subjects here: Elliott Coues, the American West, and North American birds. This is the kind of biography that delights the scholar-a study of an active, intelligent, controversial character who left his mark and came close to being a Renaissance man." - Donald Jackson, editor of Letters of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
Elliott Coues: Naturalist and Frontier Historian,Paul Russell Cutright,Michael J. Brodhead,University of Illinois Press,0252069870,1842-1899,Biography,Biography / Autobiography,Biography/Autobiography,Birds & Birdwatching - General,Coues, Elliott,,Frontier and pioneer life,General,Historians,Natural History,Naturalists, Gardeners, Environmentalists,Nature,Ornithologists,Ornithology,Scientists - General,United States
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