Peterson First Guide to Mammals

Name: Peterson First Guide to Mammals
Brand: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
SKU: 11812
Price: 7.72 USD
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Author: Peter C. Alden
ISBN: 9780395911815

Edited By: Roger Tory Peterson

By: Peter C. Alden

Illustrated By: Richard Philip Grossenheider

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt / 1998 / Paperback

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Peterson First Guides are the first books the beginning naturalist needs. Condensed versions of the famous Peterson Field Guides, the First Guides focus on the animals, plants, and other natural things you are most likely to see. They make it fun to get into the field and easy to progress to the full-fledged Peterson Guides. This guide to mammals offers full color illustrations and a clear, precise description of the 197 common mammals included in the book.

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Title: Peterson First Guide to Mammals
By: Peter C. Alden
Illustrated By: Richard Philip Grossenheider
Format: Paperback
Vendor: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Publication Date: 1998
Weight: 5 ounces
ISBN: 0395911818
ISBN-13: 9780395911815
Stock No: WW11812

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Author Bio

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Peter C. Alden is the author of many books, includeing the Peterson First Guide to Mammals of North America. Richard Philip Grossenheider (1909-1975) illustrated A Field Guide to Mammals by William Henry Burt, a revised edition of which was published in 1964 in the Peterson Field Guide series. Grossenheider's water-colors of birds and mammals of the Southwest Pacific were featured in a 1946 exhibition at the National Audobon Society in New York.

ROGER TORY PETERSON, one of the world’s greatest naturalists, received every major award for ornithology, natural science, and conservation as well as numerous honorary degrees, medals, and citations, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The Peterson Identification System has been called the greatest invention since binoculars.