John E. Riutta
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My review of Pete Dunne’s most recent book, Prairie Spring, is now published at The Well-read Naturalist.
Continue Reading →There are three great loves in my life: my family, books, and natural history. Of these, two – books and natural history – make superb topics for innumerable essays that may interest a broad section of the reading public (while I could also write unendingly on the subject of my family, decorum and a reasonable [...]
Continue Reading →Recounting the life of a notoriously private person is, not unexpectedly, a very difficult task. In the case of Roger Tory Peterson, the activity is made all the more difficult by the fact that one facet of his life, his creation and refinement of the modern field guide, so dominates his popular legacy.
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