Mending the Torn Fabric: For Those Who Grieve and Those Who Want to Help Them (Death, Value and Meaning)

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The analogy of the torn fabric was first used by the author in response to a bereaved mother's cry: "I know what grief feels like; I don't know what it looks like." In Mending the Torn Fabric: For Those Who Grieve and Those Who Want to Help Them, the author expands the metaphor to include earlier and future or potential losses as well as losses associated with the death that may be unrecognized or minimized. This book includes chapters that examine complications that may be present or may arise, suggestions for mending even the most torn fabric, and a chapter dedicated to friends who want to help. Stories bereaved persons have shared with the author through the years are interspersed throughout the book to provide examples of loss and mending.

In developing the analogy, the book provides a map of the grieving process that is readily comprehended and that can be revisited time and time again both in part and as an entire entity. Although the analogy itself is simple and easy to understand, it is firmly grounded in theory, consistent with recognized and accepted suppositions about grief, and congruent with desired therapeutic goals.

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This book was a Godsend........2007-01-28

My grandson died in September and my daughter and I have grieved tremendously (along with all other family members). When I found this book, I gave it to her and we used it as a basis for working through our grief. Everywhere we went, she held onto the book and highlighted many phrases over and over. I truly believe it has helped her progress (although slowly) through the grief process. She certainly identified with people who have also lost children.

Excellent book for The Compassionate Friends.......2004-03-11

Mending the Torn Fabric is an excellent book to be used during a support group of The Compassionate Friends. The death of a child is the most difficult tear in the fabric of life. Just learning some coping methods is difficult, and the book is of help in exploring options. I only wish the book were available in paper back and was not so expensive. I really don't understand why it is so expensive, as it is not a long book and could be used more widely for support groups if it were available at a better price. Katy Womack,RN and bereaved parent.

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A remarkable Civil War story.......2001-12-19

"A Black Woman's Civil War Memoirs," by Susie King Taylor, was first published in 1902. A new edition, edited by Patricia Romero and featuring an introduction by Willie Lee Rose, appeared in 1988. In that new intro Rose declared, "There is nothing even vaguely resembling Susie King Taylor's small volume of random recollections in the entire literature of the Civil War, or in that of any other American conflict insofar as I am aware." Indeed, this book is a rare and valuable historical document.

Taylor was born a slave in 1848 on an island off the coast of Georgia. She gained her freedom and worked as a laundress for an African-American Union regiment during the war.

Taylor recalls how she learned to read and write and then herself became a teacher. She offers fascinating details about her life with the troops. She had many different duties beyond laundry service. I loved the episode where she recalls concocting "a very delicious custard" from turtle eggs and canned condensed milk, and serving it to the troops.

Taylor condemns the lack of appreciation shown for both black and white Civil War veterans. She also condemns early 20th century racism. Reading her book I was reminded of W.E.B. Du Bois' classic "The Souls of Black Folk," which was first published around the same time; I think the two books complement each other well.

Taylor ends on a note of hope and pride, noting "my people are striving" for better lives. This book is, in my opinion, an important milestone in African-American literature.

quiet but powerful.......2000-06-16

It's a short book (especially when you consider the added historical footnotes and pictures), but very valuable. It's so rare to hear the perspective of someone who was a slave, and who then lived free in the post-war period. Her heartfelt tales of the bigotry of the _post_-war period to me were even more memorable than her focus on the war itself.

Folksy & personable, with historical notes added for ref........1998-12-05

Amazon says this is out of print. NOT SO! It can be gotten thru the National Parks Service National Women's Museum in Seneca Falls, NY. The woman who wrote this lived an extraordinary life, as a slave child, and as a freed woman. Yet by many standards she is just an ordinary person living her life, doing what she CAN do. It's a nice read. She's not trying to be anybody's heroine, more simply I think she was writing to tell herself who she was, that she could survive, that she could be of service. Neither boring or exciting (so far), simply real.

Army Life in a Black Regiment: and Other Writings (Penguin Classics)

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Best non-fiction work to come out of the Civil War

Army Life in a Black Regiment: and Other Writings (Penguin Classics)
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Manufacturer: Penguin Classics
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Best non-fiction work to come out of the Civil War.......1999-05-12

Several years ago I urged John Seelye to edit this work for Penguin. A couple of years after that, he asked me to do it instead, and I did. This is a remarkable book about a literate Yankee (Higginson "discovered" the poet Emily Dickinson) who "discovers" the South. It's also "about" Black soldiers in a white war, white officers in a Black regiment, self-discovery, rivers, and hope. Much of the imagery and characterization in the movie GLORY seems to have been lifted from this book: it is, after all, a first-hand narrative of war by an idealist sorely tested by politics and physical hardship. Higginson's writing of the book is in part his attempt to deal with what today we would call Post-Traumatic-Stress Disorder, and it is no wonder that the tone sometimes reminds the reader of Hemingway's "Big Two-Hearted River." Because the teller of this story emerges as an interesting person per se, this edition includes some of his other essays, ranging from his fascination with slave rebellion to his appreciation for poetry.

Army Life in a Black Regiment (Collector's Library of the Civil War)

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GLORY II

Army Life in a Black Regiment (Collector's Library of the Civil War)
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Manufacturer: Time-Life Books
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ASIN: 080944237X

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It must be remembered that, after the first capture of Port Royal, the outlying plantations along the whole Southern coast were abandoned, and the slaves withdrawn into the interior. It was necessary to ascend some river for thirty miles in order to reach the black population at all. This ascent could only be made by night, as it was a slow process, and the smoke of a steamboat could be seen for a great distance. The streams were usually shallow, winding, and muddy, and the difficulties of navigation were such as to require a full moon and a flood tide.

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These pages record some of the adventures of the First South Carolina Volunteers, the first slave regiment mustered into the service of the United States during the late civil war. It was, indeed, the first colored regiment of any kind so mustered, except a portion of the troops raised by Major-General Butler at New Orleans. These scarcely belonged to the same class, however, being recruited from the free colored population of that city, a comparatively self-reliant and educated race.

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GLORY II.......2007-01-30

Those familiar with the critical role that the recruitment of black troops into the Union Armies in the American Civil War usually think about the famous Massachusetts 54th Regiment under Robert Gould Shaw which has received wide attention in book, film and sculpture. And those heroic fighters deserve those honors. Glory, indeed. However, other units were formed from other regions that are also noteworthy. And none more so than the 1st South Carolina Volunteers commanded by the arch-abolitionist Theodore Higginson one of John Brown's most fervent supporters and an early advocate of arming the slaves during the Civil War. He desperately wanted to lead armed blacks in battle and got his wish.

I have remarked elsewhere (in a review of William Styron's Confessions of Nat Turner)that while the slaves in the South, for a host of reasons, did not insurrect with the intensity or frequency of say Haiti, the other West Indian islands or Brazil that when the time came to show discipline, courage and honor under arms that blacks would prove not inferior to whites. And Higginson's book is prima facie evidence for that position.

One should note that, unlike the Massachusetts 54th which was made up primarily of freedman the 1st South Carolina was made up of units of fugitive and abandoned slaves. Thus, one should have assumed that it would have been harder to train and discipline uneducated and much-abused slaves. Not so. After reading a number of books on the trials and tribulations of various Union regiments, including the famous Irish Brigade, the story Higginson tells compares very favorably with those units. While Higginson's use of `negro' dialect in the telling of his story which may not be to the liking of some of today's `politically correct' readers of this book it is nevertheless a story worth reading told by a `high' abolitionist and Civil War hero.

We'll Stand by the Union: Robert Gould Shaw and the Black 54th Massachusetts Regiment (Makers of America)

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We'll Stand by the Union: Robert Gould Shaw and the Black 54th Massachusetts Regiment (Makers of America)
Peter Burchard
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Army Life in a Black Regiment
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Manufacturer: Fields, Osgood, & Co.
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Army Life in a Black Regiment
Thomas W. Higginson
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Army Life in a Black Regiment
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
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Army Life in a Black Regiment
Colonel Thomas W. (Edited & Abridged By Higginson
Manufacturer: New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1970
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Army Life in a Black Regiment
Thomas We Higginson
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Army Life in a Black Regiment (Collector's Library of the Civil War Series)

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Army Life in a Black Regiment (Collector's Library of the Civil War Series)
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
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Deutschland Uber Alles..........2006-08-02

'The Germans make everything difficult, both for themselves and for everyone else.'-Goethe

To preface this review, although the author and I have never met in person, we have disagreed many times, and quite heatedly, on the subject of the Napoleonic Wars in general and on Napoleon and Imperial France in particular on various Napoleonic forums on the internet. That was my motivation for purchasing and reading this book, as the author had cited material found for the period during his research for this book in the subject discussions. I was curious to read it for myself.

Overall this is an excellent, well-researched volume that the author treats what many might think is a very boring subject with wit, verve, and a genuine interest in the subject matter. I found most of what the author said to be credible. In short, this book is a keeper no matter what your main interest in history may be. And, as an added benefit, the author is an excellent writer.

I have two problems with the book, one minor and one major. The minor problem is adressed by the author himself in the introduction to the book, in that the use of the term 'Germany' when referring to the geographical, vice political, entity that is peopled by ethnic Germans. This can be somewhat confusing for the novice, for Germany in the late 18th and most of the 19th centuries (until 1871 and the announcement of the German Empire under Prussia) was made up of many separate states all populated by Germans. What is inaccurate is that the greater majority of the citizens of those states considered themselves to be Saxons, Bavarians, Wurttembergers, etc., before they were Germans, and Germany then was not a united nation. Including Austria in the term 'Germany' is equally confusing.

The major error of the book is Chapter 7, Napoleon and the War on Commerce: 1800-1815. The following are examples of the errors in fact that are in that particular chapter and that detract from the overall impact of this otherwise excellent volume. It also begs the question, that if there are this many inaccuracies in one chapter, how many are in the others?

'Napoleon did not make good on his threat to march on northern Germany if he did not receive massive bribes.'

What threat was this? It isn't made clear by the author what the situation was at the time (1800), and what was said either by Napoleon or anyone else. No reference is given.

'This time, in all the Hanse ports, the French arrival was accompanied by violence against civilians, the worst instances in Lubeck.'

What isn't mentioned is that Lubeck was the site of a major action of the 1806 campaign where the city was defended by the trapped Prussian general Blucher at the end of the French pursuit, and that Lubeck was taken by storm and sacked. Additionally, the Prussians weren't innocent in this aspect either, whcih is apparently ignored.

'Deprived of his fleet at Trafalgar...' This implies there was no French fleet after Trafalgar. That is inaccurate and incorrect. The Toulon squadron was destroyed at Trafalgar, not the French navy. The Brest and Rochefort squadrons were still in existence, and Napoleon also rebuilt the Toulon squadron after Trafalgar and the Imperial Navy worried the British into 1814.

'Bourriene...' Using Bourrienne as a reference is not a good idea. Bourrienne's memoirs were ghost-written and were published to curry favor with the Bourbons. Bourrienne also had an axe to grind with Napoleon, who fired him twice for corruption, namely embezzlement. Lastly, Bourrienne went insane in later life. All in all his alleged 'memoirs' are erratically in accurate and cannot be relied upon.

In the text, it states that Bourrienne was still functioning in Hamburg in 1813, when in actuality he had been caught with his hand in the till in 1810 and sacked by Napoleon.

'...already by that point [1808], Napoleon's system was extensively perforated, and rife with cheating, corruption, and black marketeering.'

Again, this statement is offered without documentation. Further, there are always two sides to any historical question, and there is a dearth of primary French evidence in the conclusions and opinions regarding the French administration in the Hanseatic ports. What is completely ignored is the role Hamburg played in French intelligence operations, especially regarding smuggling. The pro-'German' bias of the book is evident in this chapter.

'...three officers of the French 128th infantry regiment (stationed just outside Bremen) were caught in the autumn of 1811 trying to desert by ship to Great Britain. Napoleon's recruiters combed Hamburg's prisons and poorhouses to flesh out the four new 'French' infantry regiments created from the new Hanseatic subjects. When their performance failed to meet the satndards of the Grande Armee, Napoleon decided to give these German-speaking troops to the Westphalian army of his brother Jerome. Even the Westphalians, however, chose not to take these regiments into Russia in 1812.'

The 128th ligne, though nominally a French regiment because the units were formed after the annexation in 1810, was composed of the Garde de Breme, and various German recruits. There were three line infantry regiments formed from the Hanseatic area: the 127th, 128th, and 129th. None of these were ever part of the Westphalian Army and all three went into Russia in 1812. All three fought at the Berezina in 1812, among other actions. The core of these regiments was the Legion Hanoverienne.

'Wichelshausen must have been as astonished as most of his countrymen when the US had joined the 'wrong' side of the war in 1812.'

This interesting statement suggests that France and the United States were allied in the War of 1812. They were not. The United States declared war on Great Britain in 1812 on its own, and not with a French alliance or with French support.

'...all the French officials were so corrupt and easy to bribe.'

A sweeping statement, especially one as absolute as this is, is difficult to support historically, and there was no reference cited in the text to support it. In fact, Napoleon went to considerable efforts to stop corruption in his officials, establishing the Auditors of the Council of State to investigate high-level corruption. They were efficient and had an excellent reputation for honesty.

'During April and May Marshal Davout at the head of an entire French infantry corps, stormed his way back into Hamburt. The fighting was hard, and the allied forces held out until the night of May 30/31.'

In actuality, Davout dispatched Vandamme to reoccupy Hamburg and he was assisted by the Danes who already held the Altona district. Resistance was not as heavy as implied in the text, though there was fighting in the area before the allies were driven off.

What is equally confusing to this reviewer is that while the Correspondence of both Napoleon and Davout are listed, they don't appear to have been used overly much in compiling the subject chapter. There are just too many errors.

All of this information referred to for the Chapter 7 errors is readily available and easily found in the following reference material:
-Napoleon's Diplomatic Service by Edward A. Whitcomb for information on Bourrienne.
-Swords Around A Throne by John R. Elting for information on the 127th, 128th, and 129th Ligne, as well as information on the intelligence operations regarding smuggling.
-The Napoleon Series on the internet for information on the above three infantry regiments and their service.
-The Iron Marshal by John Gallaher for information on Marshal Davout in Hamburg in 1813-1814
-Napoleon Bonaparte by Vincent Cronin for information on Bourrienne.

This volume is recommended, but should be used with care in Chapter 7.

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An entertaining, practical, reader-friendly guide to common plants, animals, and the physical environment of the NC/SC coast. Fully illustrated -- over 100 color photographs, plus additional diagrams and drawings with in-depth information on each subject. A beachcomber's handbook, a valuable companion for seaside explorers of all ages. Scientifically accurate, yet written in language the lay public can understand.

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Great book.......2007-07-16

WE took this to the beach with us this year and my kids used it every day. WE had so much fun with it. The pictures in the book are great for identifying shells, fish, etc. at the SC and NC Coast. We found a lot of the things pictured in the book. Easy to understand descriptions! I recommend this book to anyone ... especially homeschooling families!!!

Serviceable and Entertaining.......2004-05-20

My goal in purchasing this book, which pulls together information about birds, shells, dune plants, and fish was to be able to pack one slim volume instead of the bag of field guides I usually took to the Outer Banks. After two trips to North Carolina in the last year, I have found that I still need to carry a couple of other references because this is not comprehensive in any one of its categories--and how could it be at 148 pages? However, Meyer's guide does manage to cover many of the specimens commonly found along the Carolina coast. Furthermore, it is written in a graceful voice that keeps you reading long after you've put a name to the beastie you found on the beach. It is not childish or simple at all, but it can be used by the entire family. It stirs wonder.

Interesting guide..........2003-03-07

Being a transplant from Michigan, I had little knowledge of coastal animals and plants. I purchased this book to satisfy my curiosity. I'm not knowledgeable enough as the other reviewer who found the inaccuracies in the book. I thoroughly enjoyed reading the book. The information is presented in a very interesting way and all the photographs are in color. I can't wait to spend more time on the coast and see some of the creatures myself. I'll definitely have this guide on hand. I also enjoyed the respect the author has for nature.

Some SERIOUS problems in the plates, otherwise ok.......2002-08-07

Overall an ok book for a beginner. If you come into this as a naturalist you will likely be disapointed. There are some other serious problems that I was able to spot straight out.

Plate 40. "Auger Shells" One of the 'augers' is not only NOT an auger and it's not even from the Carolinas at all. It's the Common Vertagus (a certh) from the Indo-Pacific (likely from the Philippines).

Plate 54. "Oyster Drills". Contains several Murexes in addition to the drills.

Plate 59. Sundials. The figured Sundial is not The American Sundial (Architectonica nobilis) but rather the Clear Sundial (Architectonica perspectiva) also from the Indo-Pacific.

The substitution of shells from the other side of the world really shows sloppy work in this guide. The other major problem I have with the book is that it just isn't complete enough; it only shows a small fraction of the plants and animals that one finds on Carolina coasts. The naturalist who trys to depend on this book will likely be frustrated and will find that they need other guides. As an introduction for a beginner it is ok, short the above noted plate problems.

Incredibly accurate with astonishing photos.......1999-01-04

For the past four years I have had a place at the beach. Dr. Meyer's book has become our bible. Using it, shells, shorebirds and seaside flora are easily identified by my family, friends and renters. Being an amateur photographer, I am in total awe of the skill of the other physician who took the pictures.

A Birder's Guide to Coastal North Carolina

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The Bible for Birding the NC coast
Great resource for birders in North Carolina
A classic
No pictures,no illustrations,no descriptions

A Birder's Guide to Coastal North Carolina
John O., III Fussell
Manufacturer: The University of North Carolina Press
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ASIN: 0807844535

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A popular destination for bird-watchers from across the country, the coastal region of North Carolina is a seasonal home to approximately 400 species of birds, some of which are found more easily here than anywhere else in the United States. A Birder's Guide to Coastal North Carolina is the first guide to the prime bird-watching spots of the Tar Heel coast and nearby areas—including national seashores, national forests and wildlife refuges, state parks and game lands, and other public areas.

Written for both casual and serious birders, the book features detailed site guides to the entire coastal region, including the Outer Banks. John Fussell provides an annotated checklist, habitat information, and bar graphs indicating seasonal abundance for all regularly occurring species. The book also includes a chapter on the 140 most sought-after species on the coast. Fussell describes the best places and conditions—seasonal, weather, and tidal—for finding these popular varieties. Detailed maps of most of the major birding sites complement the text.

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The Bible for Birding the NC coast.......2007-05-15

Anybody that's at all serious about birding the fabulous NC coast needs this book. This will help focus efforts on the most productive, most reliable spots and will make figuring out where to go along the NC coast into a fun and rewarding experience. Fussell knows the NC coast like few others, and he shares that knowledge in fine detail, including very specific driving directions to some little known hotspots. Fussell tells not only where to bird, but when to bird and for what specific species. This book has not only helped increase my life list, but it's helped me really explore some of the places along the coast that are somewhat away from the maddening crowds and off the beaten path.

Great resource for birders in North Carolina.......2003-01-12

This book is a wonderful resource for people who want to know where to go to find birds in North Carolina. It is detailed and thorough. It might be a bit intimidating for newcommers to birding but shouldn't be. It is a wonderful companion to a field guide for anyone lining or visiting in NC. A prior review by Chuck Riddle rated it low because it had no pictures. The reviewer apparently was expecting a field guide and unfortunatly rated the book based on his mistaken expectations.

A classic.......2002-12-20

The quintesential birders guide to NC! Great maps, very accurate driving directions.

No pictures,no illustrations,no descriptions.......2002-10-07

This book tells where along the North Carolina coast that you might see listed birds and what time of year. I suuppose if you knew all the birds and there characteristics it might help you get around the areas.

Atlantic Shorelines: Natural History and Ecology

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Atlantic Shorelines: Natural History and Ecology
Mark D. Bertness
Manufacturer: Princeton University Press
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Atlantic Shorelines is an introduction to the natural history and ecology of shoreline communities on the East Coast of North America. Writing for a broad audience, Mark Bertness examines how distinctive communities of plants and animals are generated on rocky shores and in salt marshes, mangroves, and soft sediment beaches on Atlantic shorelines.

The book provides a comprehensive background for understanding the basic principles of intertidal ecology and the unique conditions faced by intertidal organisms. It describes the history of the Atlantic Coast, tides, and near-shore oceanographic processes that influence shoreline organisms; explains primary production in shoreline systems, intertidal food webs, and the way intertidal organisms survive; sets out the unusual reproductive challenges of living in an intertidal habitat, and the role of recruitment in shaping intertidal communities; and outlines how biological processes like competition, predation, facilitation, and ecosystem engineering generate the spatial structure of intertidal communities.

The last part of the book focuses on the ecology of the three main shoreline habitats--rocky shores, soft sediment beaches, and shorelines vegetated with salt marsh plants and mangroves--and discusses in detail conservation issues associated with each of them.

Atlantic Coastal Birds (Peterson FlashGuides)

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Atlantic Coastal Birds (Peterson FlashGuides)

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More than 100 species--all the most commonly seen birds from Nova Scotia to Florida. Peterson FlashGuides are the most compact and convenient field guides ever made: slim as road maps and ideal for hikers, bikers, canoeists, or anyone who wants to travel light.

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Great quick-reference resource!.......2000-07-26

I found this fold-out extremely useful. As a marine biologist, until now my knowledge has concentrated on fishes, inverts, and marine mammals, however my present job requires identification of local shorebirds. As my job is based on a boat and birds don't always hold their position while you look them up, the format of this quick-reference fold-out is great. The illustrations are great, showing all plumages of different species (juveniles, male, female, seasonal colors, etc.). Illustrations are also at different angles (i.e. standing, in flight, etc.), facilitating even better quick identification. As usual, Peterson does it again excellently!

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Who Killed the Great Auk?
Jeremy Gaskell
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The Great Auk is one of the world's most famous extinct birds. It was undoubtedly a most curious creature: a flightless bird with tiny wings, it stood upright like a human, and sported an enormous beak. On land, the Great Auk was clumsy and awkward, but it was perfectly adapted for swift and efficient movement in the sea, where it spent the large part of the year. In its heyday, it populated the North Atlantic, from Western Europe across to North America, and was a familiar sight to islanders and coastal dwellers when, each May, it would climb ashore for the short breeding season. Yet by the mid-nineteenth century sightings of the bird were but rare occurrences, and just a few decades later even the most assiduous Victorian explorers could not find it. So what happened to the Great Auk? What - or who - caused it to disappear from the northern oceans? Jeremy A. Gaskell draws on eyewitness accounts spanning some four centuries to relate the tale of the Great Auk's extinction. He tells how the Great Auk was hunted by sailors, coastal dwellers, and merchants for its ample flesh, its eggs, and its soft down. He shows how the fate of the Great Auk was inextricably bound up with the prevailing social, economic, and political conditions of the late 18th century. It was also a result of widespread scientific misapprehensions about the nature and geographical range of this mysterious seabird. The disappearance of the Great Auk had a considerable impact on the public imagination of the late 19th Century. Specimens of the birds or their eggs soon began to fetch astronomical prices among collectors. Charles Kingsley used the last Great Auk as a character in The Water Babies. It became the stuff of legend. More importantly, its plight keenly interested a number of great Victorian ornithologists, men like John Wolley, Alfred Newton, and John James Audubon. Later, these self-same men were to cause some of the very first legislation on seabird protection to come into place. As a result this is also the story of the beginnings of bird conservation. This intriguing book takes the reader on a tour of some of the wildest and coldest places on earth, in its attempt to uncover the history of the last days of the Great Auk. We travel with Audubon to Labrador, sail to the remote Scottish island of St Kilda, experience the hardship of life in the colonies of Newfoundland, and follow the peregrinations of intrepid naturalists as they put to sea in search of the very last of the Great Auks. The text is enhanced by numerous maps, photographs, and line drawings, and includes a fine original colour frontispiece by Jan Wilczur.

Patterns of Cowbird parasitism in the southern Atlantic Coastal Plain and Piedmont.: An article from: Wilson Bulletin

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Patterns of Cowbird parasitism in the southern Atlantic Coastal Plain and Piedmont.: An article from: Wilson Bulletin
John C. Kilgo , and Christopher E. Moorman
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From the author: Until recently, little information was available on patterns of brood parasitism by Brown-headed Cowbirds (Molothrus ater) in the southeastern United States, a region into which cowbirds expanded their range only during the last half of the Twentieth Century and where their abundance is relatively low. We compiled parasitism data from several published and unpublished studies conducted in Georgia and South Carolina from 1993-2000 to examine levels of brood parasitism and determine frequent host species. The combined dataset included 1,372 nests of 24 species reported in the literature to have been parasitized by cowbirds. The parasitism rate on all species combined was 8.2%. Considering only those species that served as hosts in these studies (n = 12), the parasitism rate was 9.3%. Seven species were parasitized at rates [greater than or equal to] 10%. Based on the extent of parasitism (among studies and locations), their relative abundance, and the sample size of nests, Prairie Warblers (Dendroica discolor), Hooded Warblers (Wilsonia citrina), Yellow-breasted Chats (Icteria virens), and Indigo Buntings (Passerina cyanea), all shrub nesters, appear to be the most important cowbird hosts in the region. Parasitism on some species reported as frequent hosts elsewhere was extremely low or not documented. We conclude that the impact of brood parasitism on the seasonal fecundity of hosts in the region probably is minimal, but additional work is warranted on species of concern, such as the Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris). Received 3 April 2003, accepted 26 July 2003.

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Title: Patterns of Cowbird parasitism in the southern Atlantic Coastal Plain and Piedmont.
Author: John C. Kilgo
Publication: Wilson Bulletin (Refereed)
Date: September 1, 2003
Publisher: Wilson Ornithological Society
Volume: 115 Issue: 3 Page: 277(8)

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Tides and their seminal impact on the geology, geography, history, and socio-economics of the Bay of Fundy, eastern Canada.(Part 4: Chapter 9-Chapter 10): An article from: Atlantic Geology

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Tides and their seminal impact on the geology, geography, history, and socio-economics of the Bay of Fundy, eastern Canada.(Part 4: Chapter 9-Chapter 10): An article from: Atlantic Geology
Con Desplanque , and David J. Mossman
Manufacturer: Atlantic Geoscience Society
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This digital document is an article from Atlantic Geology, published by Atlantic Geoscience Society on March 1, 2004. The length of the article is 13367 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Tides and their seminal impact on the geology, geography, history, and socio-economics of the Bay of Fundy, eastern Canada.(Part 4: Chapter 9-Chapter 10)
Author: Con Desplanque
Publication: Atlantic Geology (Refereed)
Date: March 1, 2004
Publisher: Atlantic Geoscience Society
Volume: 40 Issue: 1 Page: 82(21)

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Upper Tertiary Arcacea of the mid-Atlantic coastal plain, (Palaeontographica Americana)
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