Author: STONE, ROGER D.
Title: The Voyage of the Sanderling an Atlantic Odyssey
Description: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 039457334X. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a VeryGood+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The price clipped dust jacket is crisp and clean. "Prior to his career at the SI, and running parallel with it for the rest of his life, was Ripley’s work as an ornithologist, begun in New Guinea in the 1930s, continued through his PhD from Harvard in 1943, and culminating in his landmark thirty-year project documenting the bird life of India. His lifelong passion for ornithology led him to positions of leadership in worldwide nature conservation. In the midst of these endeavors he was recruited in 1944 to the Office of Strategic Services, a Yalie club at the outset that became the forerunner of the modern CIA. Posted to Ceylon, he recruited and ran agents who reported from and infiltrated Japanese-held Southeast Asia." (from UPNE). Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .
Keywords: 039457334X Nature Roger D. Stone Ecology Ships & Sailing Atlantic Coast
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Title: The Voyage of the Sanderling an Atlantic Odyssey
Description: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 039457334X. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a VeryGood+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The price clipped dust jacket is crisp and clean. "Prior to his career at the SI, and running parallel with it for the rest of his life, was Ripley’s work as an ornithologist, begun in New Guinea in the 1930s, continued through his PhD from Harvard in 1943, and culminating in his landmark thirty-year project documenting the bird life of India. His lifelong passion for ornithology led him to positions of leadership in worldwide nature conservation. In the midst of these endeavors he was recruited in 1944 to the Office of Strategic Services, a Yalie club at the outset that became the forerunner of the modern CIA. Posted to Ceylon, he recruited and ran agents who reported from and infiltrated Japanese-held Southeast Asia." (from UPNE). Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .
Keywords: 039457334X Nature Roger D. Stone Ecology Ships & Sailing Atlantic Coast
Price: US$ 15.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 41570
- Book number: 41570
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