Title Alexander Wilson : the Scot who founded American ornithology / Edward H. Burtt, Jr., William E. Davis, Jr.

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Description	1 online resource (x, 444 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 429-432) and index.
Contents	Themes in Wilson's life and writings -- A varied life -- Illustrating American ornithology -- Pioneer ornithologist -- Wilson's legacy -- Appendix A. On the shoulders of giants : Wilson's predecessors -- Appendix B. Wilson's contemporaries and correspondents.
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Subject	Wilson, Alexander, 1766-1813.
	Wilson, Alexander, 1766-1813.
	Wilson, Alexander, 1766-1813. American ornithology -- Illustrations.
	Wilson, Alexander, 1766-1813.
	Wilson, Alexander, 1766-1813.
	Ornithologists -- United States -- Biography.
	Ornithologists.
	United States.
	Ornithology -- United States -- History.
	Ornithology.
	History.
	Birds -- United States -- Pictorial works.
	Birds.
Genre/Form	Pictorial works.
	Biographies.
	Electronic books.
	Biographies.
	Pictures.
	Pictures.
	Illustrated works.
	Illustrated works.
Added Author	Davis, William E., Jr., 1936-
Other Form:	Print version: Burtt, Edward H., Jr., 1948- Alexander Wilson. Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2013 9780674072558 (DLC) 2012036742 (OCoLC)812067681
ISBN	9780674073739 (electronic book)
	0674073738 (electronic book)
	9780674072558 (alkaline paper)
	0674072553 (alkaline paper)