Connie Hagar: The Life History of a Texas Birdwatcher (association copy)
College Station: Texas A & M UP, 1986. A layered association copy, first inscribed on the front free endpaper: "For Dr. George A. Hall, with all good wishes, Kay McCracken." Uncommon signed. Also laid in is a note "from the desk of Brian R. Chapman" that reads: "Dear Dr. Hall--Thank you for selecting me to review this book for The Wilson Bulletin. I hope that you enjoy this copy. Brian." Connie Hagar, the book's subject, was a pioneering and still under-recognized birder whose mid-century observations in southernmost Texas came to be extremely valued by top ornithologists such as Roger Tory Peterson, who writes the forward to this biography and first met Hagar on his Wild America big-birding-year trip with James Fisher. She embodies the emerging contributions of citizen science as birding exploded in popularity. Karen McCracken, her biographer, learned birding from Hagar. George A. Hall was a prominent ornithologist and a professor of chemistry and forestry at West Virginia University and was the editor of The Wilson Bulletin, the journal of the Wilson Ornithological Society. Brian R. Chapman was an ornithologist and mammalogist at Texas A & M and became the provost at West Texas A & M. Among other publications, he was the co-author of The Natural History of Texas. Thus a wonder cluster of associations in relation to birding and Texas natural history. A near fine book in blue cloth with a little rubbing to edges. McCraken's inscription to Hall is struck through and the ownership signature of Estelle Evans is found above it. In a very good baby blue jacket with sunning to spine. Near fine / Very good. Item #1410
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