The snoring bird
Subtitle: my family's journey through a century of biology
By: Bernd Heinrich
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Ecco
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 461
ISBN-13: 9780060742157
Subjects: Biologists; Biography
Description: Traces the related stories of the author's father's life, his family's past, and the ways in which his own life was shaped by the forces of nature and history, in a personal account that reveals his origins as an experimental biologist and naturalist.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 453-461).
Table of contents: title: Preface -- -- pt. 1.; title: The Old World -- -- 1.; title: A visit home -- -- 2.; title: Borowke -- -- 3.; title: Boy warrior -- -- 4.; title: Eggs, birds, and a panther -- -- 5.; title: Ichneumon hunts -- -- 6.; title: The snoring and drumming rails -- -- 7.; title: A switch from light to dark -- -- 8.; title: War -- -- 9.; title: The flight -- -- 10.; title: In the enchanted forest -- -- 11.; title: Leave-taking -- -- pt. 2.; title: The New World -- -- 12.; title: The beginning -- -- 13.; title: The Adamses -- -- 14.; title: Home -- -- 15.; title: New jobs, old life -- -- 16.; title: Good will home -- -- 17.; title: Making the cut -- -- 18.; title: Year on safari -- -- 19.; title: War : prospects and retrospect -- -- 20.; title: A biology education -- -- 21.; title: Making a discovery -- -- 22.; title: Home to natural history -- -- 23.; title: Cutting-edge typology -- -- 24.; title: The Oriental and Russian manuscripts -- -- 25.; title: Echoes --; title: Epilogue --; title: Author's note --; title: Notes and references.