Charles Frederick Holder
Auteur de Elements of Zoology (Appleton's Science Text-Books)
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Œuvres de Charles Frederick Holder
The big game fishes of the United States 4 exemplaires
The Log of a Sea Angler: Sports and Adventures in Many Seas with Spear and Rod (Blue Water Classics) (1906) 4 exemplaires
Along the Florida reef 3 exemplaires
Half hours with the lower animals: protozoans, sponges, corals, shells, insects, and crustaceans (1905) 2 exemplaires
The Holders of Holderness: A history and genealogy of the Holder family with especial reference to Christopher Holder,… (1902) 1 exemplaire
An isle of summer, Santa Catalina;: Its history, climate, sports and antiquities, (1901) 1 exemplaire
Recreations of a sportsman on the Pacific coast 1 exemplaire
The Channel Islands of California a Book for the Angler, Sportsman, and Tourist (Classic Reprint) (2017) 1 exemplaire
Half hours with fishes, reptiles, and birds 1 exemplaire
Marooner 1 exemplaire
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- Œuvres
- 22
- Membres
- 45
- Popularité
- #340,917
- Évaluation
- 4.0
- Critiques
- 2
- ISBN
- 13
In this book, his writing effectively extolls the natural riches of the counties in southern California. Although not to today's standards of conservation, I appreciate that throughout this narrative, Holder argues for the sportsman's role in conservation. Without sportsmen (and I will add, women), he suggests that there cannot be an awareness at the societal level of the value of these natural regions.
I have "dipped in and about" rather than reading this from cover to cover. It's an interesting time, historically, but I've never been even lukewarm about most of the type of hunting described here.
I did like some of the descriptions of the south California wilds. The influx of people building so extensively within this fragile ecosystem, developing a massive highway network and the impact of internal combustion machines have a lot to answer for ~ not nearly enough of this beautiful habitat was set aside to remain undeveloped.
Perhaps I will not be popular for declaring such heresy, but whatever. Was I wallowing in a time past? I think so. This 2020 pandemic is possibly affecting my appreciation of what I'm reading.… (plus d'informations)