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Review: A Naturalist and Other Beasts: Tales from a Life in the Field

User Review - Goodreads

Good book about a variety of animals, never focusing too long on any one or bogging down in too much detail. Somewhat depressing however, as a constant reminder of the great extinction event we are ...

Review: A Naturalist and Other Beasts

User Review  - Marianne Stowell Bracke - Library Journal vol. 132 iss. 7 p. 114

National Book Award winner Schaller (vice president & science director, Wildlife Conservation Soc.; The Serengeti Lion ) has been a field biologist since the 1950s, and his research has taken him to ... Read full review

Review: A Naturalist and Other Beasts: Tales from a Life in the Field

User Review  - Ian - Goodreads

hodgepodge of his experiences around the world, lacks unifying theme and tends to be backward looking and reminescence. no bright message for conservation found here. Read full review

Review: A Naturalist and Other Beasts: Tales from a Life in the Field

User Review  - Elizabeth - Goodreads

As heard on "Science Talk", the Scientific American podcast. Read full review

Review: A Naturalist and Other Beasts: Tales from a Life in the Field

User Review  - Grillables - Goodreads

This wasn't quite what I expected. I'd hoped for more biography, less general comments on conservation - more field notes, less waxing poetic. Still some good tidbits, but overall not as good as I'd hoped it would be. Read full review

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