Elliott Coues was one of America's most renowned but least understood ornithologists and historians, as well as a naturalist, anatomist, taxonomist, writer and editor, Army surgeon on the American frontier, occultist, and the youngest person ever to become a member of the National Academy of Sciences. This is his biography.
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Elliott Coues was one of America's most renowned but least understood ornithologists and historians, as well as a naturalist, anatomist, taxonomist, writer and editor, Army surgeon on the American frontier, occultist, and the youngest person ever to become a member of the National Academy of Sciences. This is his biography.
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Very Good in Good dust jacket. Crisp, clean pages except for some pencil ghosting on the front free endpaper; no owners' marks; red cloth hard cover shows only gentle edge wear at corners and spine ends; dust jacket has thin lines of surface wear at left and right front, a thin band of blue smudging at the left rear, several small edge tears with attendant creases, and a touch of fading along the spine, but is now protected in a clear sleeve. xv, 509pp. incl. index.; 509 pp.