Peterson First Guide to Mammals of North America (Peterson First Guides) [Paperback]

Peter Alden (Author), Richard P. Grossenheider (Illustrator)

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Publication Date: March 1987 | Series: Peterson First Guides

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.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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About the Author

Peter C. Alden is a contributor for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt titles including: Peterson First Guides to Mammals of North America.

Richard Philip Grossenheider is a contributor for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt titles including: Peterson First Guides to Mammals of North America.

Roger Tory Peterson (August 28, 1908 – July 28, 1996), was an American naturalist, ornithologist, artist, and educator, and held to be one of the founding inspirations for the 20th century environmental movement.

Peterson was born in Jamestown, New York. After graduating from high school‚ Peterson moved to New York City‚ where he attended the Art Students League (1927-1928) and the National Academy of Design (1929-1931). He then taught science and art at the Rivers School in Brookline, Massachusetts. In 1934 he published his seminal Guide to the Birds, the first modern field guide, which sold out its first printing of 2‚000 copies in one week, and subsequently went through 5 editions. He co-wrote Wild America with James Fisher, and edited or wrote many of the volumes in the Peterson Field Guide series on topics ranging from rocks and minerals to beetles to reptiles. He developed the Peterson Identification System, and is known for the clarity of both his illustrations of field guides and his delineation of relevant field marks.

Peterson received every major American award for natural science, ornithology, and conservation, as well as numerous honorary medals, diplomas, and citations from America and elewhere, including the United States Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Order of the Golden Ark of the Netherlands. He died in 1996 at his home in Old Lyme, Connecticut. The Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History in Jamestown, New York is named in his honor.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin (P) (March 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0395427673
• ISBN-13: 978-0395427675
• Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 3.7 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,527,889 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Out of date, February 14, 2003

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This review is from: Peterson First Guide to Mammals of North America (Peterson First Guide (R)) (Paperback)

Unfortunately this book has not been updated in over 25 years. Taxonomic changes in some groups of mammals have left this rather inadequate. The illustrations aren't bad except for sea mammals which have black and white sketches for illustrations. It may have been a decent guide when it came out, but I don't see the point in publishing a book which may not have the animal you're looking at in it! This book needs a revision.