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Donald Culross Peattie (1898–1964) was one of the most influential American nature writers of the 20th century. He sets them in context with historical and amusing antidotes. Paul Landacre's illustrations are beautiful and very helpful
Donald Culross Peattie (1898–1964) was one of the most influential American nature writers of the 20th century. Peattie was born in Chicago and grew up in Smoky Mountains in North Carolina, which sparked his interest in the immense wonders of nature. He studied at the University of Chicago and Harvard University. Paul Landacre's illustrations are beautiful and very helpful. Beattie is unsurpassed for nature writing!
Donald Culross Peattie is a very observant and astute naturalist, who obviously loves each of the species of trees he writes about. The greatest strength of this wonderful book is Peattie's superb writing style itself
Donald Culross Peattie is a very observant and astute naturalist, who obviously loves each of the species of trees he writes about. The greatest strength of this wonderful book is Peattie's superb writing style itself. Highly recommended to every individual who wishes to understand all the nuances of trees.
A Natural History of Western Trees by Donald Culross Peattie (1953; reprint as trade paperback with .
A Natural History of Western Trees by Donald Culross Peattie (1953; reprint as trade paperback with introduction by Robert Finch, 1991). The Great Chain of Life by Joseph Wood Krutch (1957). Pressed in Time: American Prints 1905-1950, Jessica Todd Smith and Kevin M. Murphy (San Marino, California: Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, 2007).
A Natural History of Western Trees, Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1953; Reprint as trade paperback with intro by Robert Finch, 1991. Best in Children's Books (6) by Donald Culross Peattie, Phyllis Krasilovsky, Rudyard Kipling, and Rachel Field (1958). A Natural History of North American Trees (2007), an abridged one-volume selection from the previous two volumes. The Rainbow Book of Nature (1957).
DONALD CULROSS PEATTIE (1898-1964), a trained botanist, published two dozen books in his lifetime, but the tree books are the ones he is remembered for. Paul H. Landacre was a renowned print artist
DONALD CULROSS PEATTIE (1898-1964), a trained botanist, published two dozen books in his lifetime, but the tree books are the ones he is remembered for. Landacre was a renowned print artist. Paul, a noted naturalist, spent much time in the secluded spot gardening and befriending local wildlife near his home in the Echo Park area of Los Angeles. He famously rehabilitated a wounded petrel, and the two became so attached that the bird would sit on his shoulder while he read the newspaper on the house's front porch.
Love Donald Culross Peattie, and I love trees. This two-volume set of the history of Trees of North America does trees justice. This book is a must for anyone who loves trees
Love Donald Culross Peattie, and I love trees. Yes, I do hug them, sometimes. Wanek rated it it was amazing. This book is a must for anyone who loves trees. almost poetic, and certainly descriptive for each species. I love reading each over and over. His love of alll trees is evident from the first words of the book. I am currently in the Idaho Master Forestry Stewardship program, and use this so often as a reference and as a refresher.
by Donald Culross Peattie. One of two genuine classics of American nature writing now in paperback; the other is A Natural History of Trees of Eastern and Central North America. ISBN13: 9780395581759.
Illustrated by Paul Landacre. 751 pp. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. AS in his preceding volume on trees of eastern and central North America, Donald Culross Peattie takes a middle course in this book between brevity and encyclopedic completeness. He covers the half continent of varied trees and forests between the Pacific Ocean and the eastern edge of the Great Plains, the Arctic Ocean and the Mexican boundary. View Full Article in Timesmachine . Advertisement.
Donald Culross Peattie's two books about American trees were first published in the 1950s. As we read Peattie's descriptions, we catch glimpses of our country's history and past daily life that no textbook could ever illuminate sovividly
Donald Culross Peattie was born in 1898.
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