001479200 000__ 06016nam\a22009255i\4500 001479200 001__ 1479200 001479200 003__ DE-B1597 001479200 005__ 20231026035016.0 001479200 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 001479200 007__ cr\un\nnnunnun 001479200 008__ 210830t20132013mau\\\\\o\\d\z\\\\\\eng\d 001479200 019__ $$a(OCoLC)979967841 001479200 020__ $$a9780674073739 001479200 0247_ $$a10.4159/harvard.9780674073739$$2doi 001479200 035__ $$a(DE-B1597)209763 001479200 035__ $$a(OCoLC)848895534 001479200 040__ $$aDE-B1597$$beng$$cDE-B1597$$erda 001479200 0410_ $$aeng 001479200 044__ $$amau$$cUS-MA 001479200 072_7 $$aSCI070040$$2bisacsh 001479200 08204 $$a598.092 001479200 1001_ $$aBurtt Jr., Edward H., $$eauthor.$$4aut$$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 001479200 24510 $$aAlexander Wilson :$$bThe Scot Who Founded American Ornithology /$$cEdward H. Burtt Jr. 001479200 264_1 $$aCambridge, MA : $$bHarvard University Press, $$c[2013] 001479200 264_4 $$c©2013 001479200 300__ $$a1 online resource (458 p.) :$$b146 color illustrations, 6 tables 001479200 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 001479200 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 001479200 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 001479200 347__ $$atext file$$bPDF$$2rda 001479200 50500 $$tFrontmatter -- $$tContents -- $$tPreface -- $$tChapter One. Themes in Wilson's Life and Writings -- $$tChapter Two. A Varied Life -- $$tChapter Three. Illustrating American Ornitholog y -- $$tChapter Four. Pioneer Ornithologist -- $$tChapter Five. Wilson's Legacy -- $$tAppendix A. On the Shoulders of Giants: Wilson's Predecessors -- $$tAppendix B. Wilson's Contemporaries and Correspondents -- $$tNotes -- $$tSelected Bibliography -- $$tAcknowledgments -- $$tIndex 001479200 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 001479200 520__ $$aAudubon was not the father of American ornithology. That honorific belongs to Alexander Wilson, whose encyclopedic American Ornithology established a distinctive approach that emphasized the observation of live birds. In the first full-length study to reproduce all of Wilson's unpublished drawings for the nine-volume Ornithology, Edward Burtt and William Davis illustrate Wilson's pioneering and, today, underappreciated achievement as the first ornithologist to describe the birds of the North American wilderness. Abandoning early ambitions to become a poet in the mold of his countryman Robert Burns, Wilson emigrated from Scotland to settle near Philadelphia, where the botanist William Bartram encouraged his proclivity for art and natural history. Wilson traveled 12,000 miles on foot, on horseback, in a rowboat, and by stage and ship, establishing a network of observers along the way. He wrote hundreds of accounts of indigenous birds, discovered many new species, and sketched the behavior and ecology of each species he encountered. Drawing on their expertise in both science and art, Burtt and Davis show how Wilson defied eighteenth-century conventions of biological illustration by striving for realistic depiction of birds in their native habitats. He drew them in poses meant to facilitate identification, making his work the model for modern field guides and an inspiration for Audubon, Spencer Fullerton Baird, and other naturalists who followed. On the bicentennial of his death, this beautifully illustrated volume is a fitting tribute to Alexander Wilson and his unique contributions to ornithology, ecology, and the study of animal behavior. 001479200 538__ $$aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. 001479200 546__ $$aIn English. 001479200 5880_ $$aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. 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