Trailside Museum: The Legend of Virginia Moe - Hardcover
by Jane Morocco
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Availability:In StockContributor:Jane Morocco, Paul Jr. HarveyTheme:Cultural Region/MidwestPublish date:3/9/2015Pages:130
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Arcadia Publishing Library EditionsISBN-13:9781531670740ISBN-10:1531670741UPC:9781531670740Book Category:History, Biography & Autobiography, PhotographyBook Subcategory:United States, Cultural & Regional, Subjects & ThemesBook Topic:State & Local, HistoricalSize:9.61 x 6.69 x 0.38 inchesWeight:0.413Product ID:SC31052BZ1
On October 8, 1930, Charles "Cap" Sauers, general superintendent of the Cook County Forest Preserve District, wrote a letter to Alfred M. Bailey, president of the Chicago Academy of Sciences, about an idea he had. He proposed developing several nature study museums with the support of Bailey and the Academy of Sciences. Bailey eagerly wrote to Sauers that he had the Academy's full cooperation. By 1932, the Trailside Museum of Natural History was opened in River Forest, Illinois, the first of its kind in the Midwest. Several curators would come and go, but one in particular, Virginia Moe, dedicated more than 50 years of her life to the museum, animals, and people of Cook County. This is truly her story.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Arcadia Publishing Library EditionsISBN-13:9781531670740ISBN-10:1531670741UPC:9781531670740Book Category:History, Biography & Autobiography, PhotographyBook Subcategory:United States, Cultural & Regional, Subjects & ThemesBook Topic:State & Local, HistoricalSize:9.61 x 6.69 x 0.38 inchesWeight:0.413Product ID:SC31052BZ1
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