Neltje Blanchan (1865–1918)
Autor/a de Wild Flowers Worth Knowing
Sobre l'autor
Sèrie
Obres de Neltje Blanchan
Bird Neighbors: An Introductory Acquaintance With One Hundred and Fifty of our Common Birds (1897) 92 exemplars
Nature's Garden; An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and their Insect Visitors (1900) 70 exemplars
Birds worth knowing: Bird neighbors, birds that hunt and are hunted (game birds), how to attract the birds, birds every… (1917) 47 exemplars
Wild Flowers/The Book of Grasses 2 exemplars
Little Nature Library Wildflowers Worth Knowing 1 exemplars
BIRD NEIGHBORS--150 COMMON BIRDS 1 exemplars
The Nature Library : Wildflowers 1 exemplars
The Nature Library, Volume Nine: Wild Flowers 1 exemplars
Little Nature Library 1 exemplars
The Nature Library, Volume Two: Game Birds 1 exemplars
The Bird Book 1 exemplars
Little Nature Library Birds Worth Knowing 1 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Nom oficial
- Doubleday, Neltje Blanchan De Graff
- Altres noms
- Blanchan, Neltje (penname)
- Data de naixement
- 1865-10-23
- Data de defunció
- 1918-02-21
- Lloc d'enterrament
- Locust Valley Cemetery, Locust Valley, New York, USA
- Gènere
- female
- Nacionalitat
- USA
- Lloc de naixement
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Lloc de defunció
- Canton, China
- Llocs de residència
- New York, New York, USA
- Educació
- St. John's Preparatory School (New York, New York)
The Masters School (Dobbs Ferry, NY) - Professions
- historian of science
nature writer - Relacions
- Doubleday, Frank Nelson (spouse)
Doubleday, Nelson (son) - Premis i honors
- Neltje Blanchan Literary Award, given annually by the Wyoming Arts Council to a "writer whose work, in any genre, is inspired by nature".
- Biografia breu
- An exuberant, enthusiastic woman, Doubleday was no great authority on birds, but her work was part of the foundations of the conservation movement made during the early years of the 20th century. She died in Canton while on an assignment for the Red Cross.
Membres
Ressenyes
Wild flowers worth knowing, adapted by Asa Don… de Neltje Blanchan
Descriptions of wild flowers (region not specified) for identification. Flowers are arranged by Family groupings according to classification scheme proposed in Gray's New Manual of Botany. Plants are identified by species names as well as common names. Labeled drawings of plant forms and structures plus several color illustrations included. Highly detailed descriptions of plants enlivened by author commentary beyond taxonomic observations.
A delicious little (early) field guide to birds that include mini essays on each species. Lovely full color illustrations of paintings. First published 1917, then 1926. Lovely book, perfect for the nightstand.
First Edition, beautifully illustrated. Good condition. $28.
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Estadístiques
- Obres
- 30
- Membres
- 564
- Popularitat
- #44,322
- Valoració
- 3.4
- Ressenyes
- 3
- ISBN
- 45