Fieldbook of Natural History [Hardcover]

E. Laurence Palmer (Author), Seymour H. Fowler (Author), H. Seymour Fowler (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1975

Provides not only a physical description for each entry, but also adds a description of the history and uses of the entries where possible.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 779 pages
• Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill; 2 edition (January 1975)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0070484252
• ISBN-13: 978-0070484252
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 7.4 x 2.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #991,037 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Excellent Fieldbook, October 15, 2001

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Matt Tanzer (Durham, NC USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Field Book of Natural History (Hardcover)

This book was given to me by my uncle more than 20 years ago and I still refer to it constantly. Although the delineation of kingdoms has been revised since the last printing of the book, it is still an excellent resource for the naturalist. I use it in conjunction with more current field guides to learn more about my interest. This book goes beyond the standard field guides by providing not only a physical description for each entry, but also adds a description of the history and uses of the entries where possible. I recommend this book to anyone with an interest in our natural world.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My Favorite and Most Used Book, February 14, 2000

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Mike Moore (Tampa, FL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fieldbook of Natural History (Hardcover)

This is a constantly used resource. I used a copy of the 1949 edition as a text for an undergraduate ecology course and haven't parted with it since. No doubt this book would be dust by now if the 1975 edition hadn't come along. If I had but one field guide, this would be it. The range and presentation of the material is useful to the professional and accessible to the novice. I'm amazed it's out of print. Ecologists everywhere should be outraged.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best book of it's kind!, May 5, 1999

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[e-mail] (Ohio, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fieldbook of Natural History (Hardcover)

I got this book for a high school text book back in 1979. After I came home, my mother borrowed it, & won't give it back. She claims she has never looked anything up that wasn't in it.

It's such a great reference, that I had to get another one for myself.

Highly recomended!