Alexander Wilson: Naturalist and Pioneer

by Robert Cantwell

A biography of the famous American ornithologist Alexander Wilson.

Genres: Birds

319 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1961

About the author

Robert Emmett Cantwell, American author and critic.

Reviews

[Jay · Rating 3 out of 5]

A very thorough study of America's first great ornithologist. The author clearly did not have a strong natural history background and was off on this common names and species account a few times but generally a very good biography of a brilliant and troubled man who made enormous contribution to the early knowledge of American birds.