Charles Waterton, 1782-1865 by Julia Blackburn
During his lifetime Charles Waterton was famous for his eccentricities, but also for his achievements and his opinions. A Yorkshire landowner, he turned his park into a sanctuary for animals and birds. As an explorer he learned to survive in the tropical rain forests of South America without a gun or the society of other white men. He was an authority on the poisons used by South American Indians and a taxidermist of note. The huge public that read his books included Charles Dickens, Charles Darwin and Theodore Roosevelt. Above all, he was a conservationist who fought to protect wild nature against the destruction and pollution of Victorian industrialization. Since his death the memory of Waterton's personal eccentricities has flourished, while the originality of his ideas and work has often suffered. Using his surviving papers, the author has redressed the balance in a biography that restores Waterton to his place as the first conservationist of the modern age.| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780712647465 |
| ISBN 10 | 0712647465 |
| Title | Charles Waterton, 1782-1865 |
| Author | Julia Blackburn |
| Series | National Trust Classics |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Other printed item |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 1991-03-28 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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