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The Imperative Call: A Naturalist's Quest in Temperate and Tropical America
The Imperative Call A Naturalist's Quest in Temperate and Tropical America Author:Alexander F. Skutch In The Imperative Call, Alexander F. Skutch recounts his early years growing up in Maryland and Maine and his adventures in Central America and Jamaica during the 1920s and 1930s, well before modernization affected the region, when the began his classic studies of nesting birds. Weaving precise descriptions of tropical plan, bird, and ani... more »mal life into a personal philosophy about man and nature, the book is both autobiography and natural history.« less