Peter Marren

Rainbow Dust

Three Centuries of Butterfly Delight

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"First published by Square Peg, an imprint of Vintage"--Title page verso.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Chicago Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 156mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 579g
• ISBN-13: 9780226395883
• ISBN-10: 022639588X
• Artikelnr.: 44601148

Autorenporträt

Peter Marren is a wildlife writer, journalist, and authority on invertebrate folklore and names. He is the author or coauthor of more than twenty books, including The New Naturalists and Nature Conservation.

Inhaltsangabe

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* i: Introduction: The Painted Lady
3. 1.: Meeting the Butterfly
4. 2.: Chasing the Clouded Yellow
5. 3.: Graylings: The Birthday of a Passion
6. 4.: Gatekeepers: Collecting with Jean Froissart, John Fowles and Vladimir
Nabokov
7. 5.: Lady Glanville's Fritillary
8. 6.: At the Sign of the Chequered Skipper
9. 7.: The Golden Hog or The Wonderful Names of Butterflies
10. 8.: Seeing Red: The Admiral
11. 9.: Fire and Brimstone: Butterflies and the Imagination
12. 10.: Silver Washes and Pearl Borders: Painting Butterflies
13. 11.: Endgame: The Large Blue and Other Dropouts
14. 12.: The Wall or How to Save a Butterfly
15. 13.: Envoi: Aurora or the Daughter of Dawn
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* ii: Appendix: British Butterflies
* iii: Notes
* iv: Bibliography
* v: Acknowledgements
* vi: Index