Bird Neighbors
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Bird Neighbors, published in 1897, was the first major work by nature writer Neltje Blanchan.[1] The book combined scientific data with color illustrations, accessible language, and personal experience reflecting Blanchan's joy in nature.[1] In his introduction, naturalist John Burroughs praised it as "reliable" as well as "written in a vivacious strain by a real bird lover."[2] It sold over 250,000 copies,[1] helping to make the author the best-selling female nature writer of her time.[3]
The book was also republished by the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation in 1999.
References
- ^ a b c Shearin, Gloria. 2008. Neltje Blanchan. In: Patterson, D., Thompson, R., Bryson, S., et al., Early American Nature Writers. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. pp.62-69.
- ^ Welker, Robert H. 1971. Doubleday, Neltje Blanchan De Graff. In: James, E. T., James, J. W., and Boyer, P. S., Notable American Women, 1607-1950: A Biographical Dictionary, Volume 2. Harvard University Press, ISBN 0674627342. pp.508-509.
- ^ Sterling, Keir B. 1997. Neltje Blanchan De Graff Doubleday (1865-1918). In: Grinstein, L. S., Biermann, C. A., and Rose, K. R., Women in the Biological Sciences: A Biobibliographic Sourcebook, Greenwood Publishing Group, ISBN 0313291802. pp.120-123.
- Blanchan, Neltje (1897): Bird Neighbors. HTML or TXT fulltext at Project Gutenberg
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