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Mice in the Freezer, Owls on the Porch
Helen Mcgavran Corneli
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Description for Mice in the Freezer, Owls on the Porch
Paperback. Presents the story of a quiet scientist and his flamboyant wife, and of their passions for hunting, wild lands, and the grouse and raptor species they were instrumental in saving from destruction. This book provides an account of conservation history over the course of the 20th century, particularly in Wisconsin from the 1920s through the 1970s. Num Pages: 368 pages, 43 b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGT; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
Mice in the Freezer, Owls on the Porch is in many ways a love story - about a quiet scientist and his flamboyant wife, but also about their passions for hunting, for wild lands, and for the grouse and raptor species that they were instrumental in saving from destruction. From the papers and letters of Frederick and Frances Hamerstrom, the reminiscences of contemporaries, and her own long friendship with this extraordinary couple who were her neighbors, Helen Corneli draws an intimate picture of Fran and ""Hammy"" from childhood through the genesis and maturation of a romantic, creative, and scientific relationship. ... Read more
Mice in the Freezer, Owls on the Porch is in many ways a love story - about a quiet scientist and his flamboyant wife, but also about their passions for hunting, for wild lands, and for the grouse and raptor species that they were instrumental in saving from destruction. From the papers and letters of Frederick and Frances Hamerstrom, the reminiscences of contemporaries, and her own long friendship with this extraordinary couple who were her neighbors, Helen Corneli draws an intimate picture of Fran and ""Hammy"" from childhood through the genesis and maturation of a romantic, creative, and scientific relationship. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Condition
New
Place of Publication
Wisconsin, United States
ISBN
9780299180942
SKU
V9780299180942
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About Helen Mcgavran Corneli
Helen McGavran Corneli is professor emerita of English at the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point.
Reviews for Mice in the Freezer, Owls on the Porch
"Why were Fran and Hammy so admired and loved? Because of the example they have set. They never forgot that field research is the naturalist's fountain of knowledge and they never stopped asking searching questions." - Ernst Mayr, Harvard University"