Came out this year called through birds of north america. Published by princeton as well. It covers all of the species recorded in north america that are included in my book. My book covers over 800 species, that leaves out the very barest of the rare, the species that have only been recorded three or four times. So to get information on all of those, there is an excellent new book called rare birds of north america. So would you say basically, if i could cannot size you would be most helpful to have your guide about which for the bird watchers says okay, you want to see website things im not heard to identify it is such a bird, but the photographic guide also is helpful in that it looks like that. Yeah, it is helpful to have the photographs. Once you think youve identified the bird, look at the photographic guide and see what the photographs look like. To have that multiple different viewpoints. My book includes my own particular vision of the species. It is my interpretation of what
Lookouts all pocahontas is. This is a wonderful image showing the size and the power of this particular native American Woman that this time and how she is saving his life. In this case, she is dressed as she would address in her traditional clothing. So these are both images of pocahontas in the early 1600s. Very, very different. It isnt all that common actually to have a welcoming atmosphere into a Rare Books Library are members of the public. We do encourage people to come in and enjoy from the books. But this is the phrase you often hear with cultural repositories. To balance the excess for preservation. So we are here to preserve the material for posterity as for 500 years these were preserved for us. But what is the point in having them if no one ever sees them. For more information, and the many other cities visited by her local content vehicles, go to cspan. Org local content. Coming up next from last weeks 14th National Book festival. But the next three hours through a preview
Glorious. So that i will recommend not for the art work and there is a newer vote a new but they came out this year called through birds of north america. Published by princeton as well. It covers all of the species recorded in north america that are included in my book. My book covers over 800 species, that leaves out the very barest of the rare, the species that have only been recorded three or four times. So to get information on all of those, there is an excellent new book called rare birds of north america. So would you say basically, if i could cannot size you would be most helpful to have your guide about which for the bird watchers says okay, you want to see website things im not heard to identify it is such a bird, but the photographic guide also is helpful in that it looks like that. Yeah, it is helpful to have the photographs. Once you think youve identified the bird, look at the photographic guide and see what the photographs look like. To have that multiple different viewp
For more information, and the many other cities visited by her local content vehicles, go to cspan. Org local content. Coming up next from last weeks 14th National Book festival. But the next three hours through a preview michio kaku, David Theodore george and adrienne mayor. The first time he restrained three, author and industry to the sibley guide to birds. He might thank you all for coming indoors on a beautiful summer off turn in. There we go. And my father is an ornithologist, so that probably has something to do with my early interest in birds. Before as long as i can remember, i enjoy guys and i enjoyed earth in the two things that went together perfectly. Drawing is just a great way to learn about something and theres so much to learn about birds. So for me, birdieing and drawing have always been one thing, a combination that could never separate. This is a drawing of a paragraph talking that i did in 1969 when i was about eight years old. It is copied from one of my fathers b