9780932448026 - Beyond the spring: Cordelia Stanwood of Birdsacre (1 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. Second Edition. Both book and dustjacket are in pristine condition. This book, based on 20 years of research and illustrated with over 60 photographs . . . Tells the story of the Lady of Birdsacre. It will appeal to anyone concerned with birds and the outdoors, with Maine and the persistence of New England tradition." profusely illustrated with photographs from the Stanwood Collection. " Cordelia Stanwood lived a more or less typical nineteenth-century existence until her thirty-ninth year when she suffered a nervous breakdown. This was a pivotal time in her life when she turned away from a teaching career and returned to Ellsworth, Maine, where she devoted herself to observing and recording songbird behavior." [Peter Vickery] Bonus: newspaper clipping from The Ellsworth American, dated 1909, of the Letter to the Editor written by the Cordelia Stanwood. ; B&W Photographs; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 155 pages.