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Main Title Marshes : the disappearing Edens /
Author Burt, William,
Publisher Yale University Press,
Year Published 2007
OCLC Number 71006715
ISBN 0300122292; 9780300122299
Subjects Marshes ; Marshes--North America ; Marschen--Nordamerika ; Marschen--èOkologie ; Marschen--Bildband
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Contributor biographical information http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0730/2006026961-b.html
Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0730/2006026961-d.html
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EJAM WTD QH87.3.B87 2007 Wetlands Collection Region 3 Library/Philadelphia, PA 12/31/2009
Collation xii, 179 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-172) and index.
Contents Notes
Drawn since boyhood to the beauty and allure of marshes, the author, a naturalist has prowled them by day and night, in every season, from one edge of North America to the other. For thirty years he has hauled his large-format camera with him, seeking to capture on film the elusive birds, the wildflowers and grasses, and the unique wild beauty of the marshes. In this book, he selects ninety of his most striking photographs. He also offers his reflections on the marshes he has visited, inviting his readers to come with him and become acquainted with this hidden world, its richness, and its vulnerability. He explores marshes near and far, from Connecticut to Manitoba, the Gulf of Mexico, California's Central Valley, the Northern Plains, and elsewhere. His photographs explore all aspects and seasons of marsh life but focus especially on such shy inhabitants as rails, bitterns, grebes, and gallinules. While the photographs tell stories of their own, the narrative invokes the marshes of the past and compares them to today's, with prose as picture-sharp as the photography. No book has ever evoked the mystery and beauty of the marshes so compellingly as this one. And no reader, having accompanied the author to this secret world, will fail to appreciate the rare privilege of having been there.