The birdman of Koshkonong the life of naturalist Thure Kumlien
"Thure Kumlien was a Swedish American settler who studied birds and plants in the forests, swamps, and prairies near Lake Koshkonong, Wisconsin, from the mid- to late 1800s. Though he never became as famous as John Muir, Increase Lapham, or Aldo Leopold, he was similar to these naturalists in that h...
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[Madison, Wisconsin] :
Wisconsin Historical Society Press,
[2021]
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Table of Contents:
- A Swedish son and schoolboy, 1819-1839
- Young romantics and natural history heroes, 1840-1843
- Letters from America and a trip to Gotland Island, 1841-1842
- Lovers and friends on the Svea, 1842-1843
- The Swedish gentlemen at Lake Koshkonong, 1843
- A settler's journal, 1844
- The starving time, 1845-1849
- American birds and bird books, 1850-1851
- Thomas Brewer and the Yellow-headed Blackbird, 1851-1853
- Bird puzzles, 1853-1859
- Friendships, botany, and war, 1859-1866
- The sons and schools of fine-grained men, 1866-1875
- Rising sons and disappearances, 1876-1880
- Hosts of beautiful things in the world, 1880-1888.
