The Birdman of Koshkonong: The Life of Naturalist Thure Kumlien - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Wisconsin Historical Society PressISBN-13:9780870209529ISBN-10:870209523UPC:9780870209529Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Nature, HistoryBook Subcategory:Environmentalists & Naturalists, Environmental Conservation & Protection, United StatesBook Topic:State & LocalSize:9.00 x 5.90 x 0.80 inchesWeight:1.1508Product ID:SCNBA73EZ2
Thure Kumlien was one of Wisconsin's earliest Swedish settlers and an accomplished ornithologist, botanist, and naturalist in the mid-1800s, though his name is not well known today. He settled on the shore of Lake Koshkonong in 1843 and soon began sending bird specimens to museums and collectors in Europe and the eastern United States, including the Smithsonian. Later, he prepared natural history...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Wisconsin Historical Society PressISBN-13:9780870209529ISBN-10:870209523UPC:9780870209529Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Nature, HistoryBook Subcategory:Environmentalists & Naturalists, Environmental Conservation & Protection, United StatesBook Topic:State & LocalSize:9.00 x 5.90 x 0.80 inchesWeight:1.1508Product ID:SCNBA73EZ2
Martha Bergland is the coauthor, with Paul Hayes, of Studying Wisconsin--a Wisconsin Historical Society Press biography on famed Wisconsin naturalist Increase Lapham, which won the Milwaukee County Historical Society's Gambrinus Prize. She taught for many years at Milwaukee Area Technical College. She lives in Glendale, Wisconsin.
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