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Jackie Leatherbury Douglass (Author), Roger Tory Peterson (Editor), John Douglass (Illustrator)

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Peterson First Guide (R)
Peterson First Guides are the first books the beginning naturalist needs. Condensed versions of the famous Peterson Field Guides, the First Guides focus on the animals, plants, and other natural things you are most likely to see. They make it fun to get into the field and easy to progress to the full-fledged Peterson Guides.

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Roger Tory Peterson, one of the world's greatest naturalists, received every major award for ornithology, natural science, and conservation as well as numerous honorary degrees, medals, and citations, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The Peterson Identification System has been called the greatest invention since binoculars. These editions include updated material by Michael O'Brien, Paul Lehman, Bill Thompson III, Michael DiGiorgio, Larry Rosche, and Jeffrey A. Gordon.

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First Sentence:
Shells come in an infinite variety of elegant shapes and patterns. Read the first page
Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
paired shells, thin periostracum, horny operculum, frog shell, siphonal canal, radular teeth, venus clams, muscle scar, muscular foot, murex shells, other mollusks, species worldwide, outer lip, left valve, sandy mud, mantle cavity
Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North Carolina, West Indies, Baja California, Gulf of Mexico, North America, South Carolina, Florida Keys, Gulf of California, New York, Pacific Coast, South America, British Columbia
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