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281 pp.
| Iowa |
April, 2000 |
TradeISBN 0-87745-716-6$$34.95
|
PaperISBN 0-87745-705-0$$15.95 1907, Doubleday
(4)
YA
Illustrated by
Christine Stetter.
This book isn't a field guide but a collection of narrative profiles of more than one hundred common American birds. Blanchan's descriptions, dated by a prim turn-of-the-century tone, celebrate the character of the bird while providing general information about its appearance, calls, diet, behavior, and nesting habits. Only twenty-four birds are depicted in the gallery of black-and-white line drawings. Ind.