An eloquently written book on a most eloquent individual – Rachel Carson. She was a strongly motivated person who strove constantly to educate herself. She came from a modest background and attended college by loans and taking a lien on the property her parents owned. She was raised inland in th...
I guess I started with a preconception based on the Audubon name being used for a philanthropic environmental conservation organization. I expected him to be ahead of his time in this way. He was not. In fact his obsession with birds bled into cruelty towards them. I understand that he needed...
—Ornithological Biography The happy, prosperous life the Audubons had made for themselves on the frontier had been an early version of what later generations would call the American Dream. But this dream dies fast sometimes, and for the Audubons it did just that. The mill was only part of the pro...
At the helm was Hisakichi Tsutsui, a replacement for the ship’s regular captain, who was ill. Tsutsui, although licensed as a fishing boat captain, was one of the youngest members of the twenty-three-man crew. Most of the men regarded the fishing master Yoshio Misaki as their leader. The Lucky Dr...