A Naturalist's Life of New York
Inbunden bok. The Bodley Head, London. 1954. 165 sidor.
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Språk: Engelska. Hardcover.
A very natural sort of natural history tells of a variety of insect, bird and animal life, past and present, seen and unseen. And from the amoeba and the volvox which forms a menagerie under glass and moves across the microscopic field of vision, Beebe returns to prehistoric times and some of the oldest residents- the Manhattan Grubber, mammoth and mastodon, walrus and bison and forest horses. From the records of the early Indian days on this island, there is evidence of other savage life- wolves and puma among them; and today a casual turn up the Hudson or through the park will reveal all kinds of hidden habitants to the watchful eye and points up the fascination to be found in anything from cockroaches to skunks, pollen to protozoa....
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