At Home and at Large in the Great Plains: Essays and Memories (inscribed to his son)
Lincoln: Zea Books / U Nebraska, 2015. First edition. Softcover. A family association copy, inscribed on the half -title page: "For Jay -- With love -- Dad., Aug 22, 2017." Jay Johnsgard was his son. Also signed in full on that page and on the title page. A paperback original, uncommon signed and published only four years before his death. Fourteen essays that originally appeared in Prairie Fire, a monthly newspaper of the upper Great Plains. The last third of the book is an original extended autobiographical essay, "My Life in Biology," and a curriculum vitae listing all his (numerous!) publications, both books and articles. A fine paperback and a great association
Paul Johnsgard is considered the world's most prolific ornithology authors. He spent his career at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and authored or co-authored, and often illustrated, more than 100 books, with an early emphasis on waterfowl and a later emphasis on cranes, but exploring many avian families along the way. He hosted many of the world's most famous naturalists to see sandhill cranes on the Platte. Among his honors were a Guggenheim Fellowship, the National Wildlife Federation’s National Conservation Achievement Award, the National Audubon Society’s Charles H. Callahan Award, and the American Ornithologists’ Union’s Ralph Schreiber Conservation Award. See also this memorial article in Ornithology.. Fine. Item #1589
ISBN: 9781609620707
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