I thought this was a good message to forward.

>Date: Sun, 27 Oct 1996 07:59:02 PST
>Reply-To: Peter Rauch <anamaria at GRINNELL.BERKELEY.EDU>
>Sender: Biological Systematics Discussion List <TAXACOM at cmsa.Berkeley.EDU>
>From: Peter Rauch <anamaria at GRINNELL.BERKELEY.EDU>
>Subject: The Naturalist's Spirit
>To: Multiple recipients of list TAXACOM <TAXACOM at cmsa.Berkeley.EDU>
>
>All the discussion about the plight of taxonomy, systematics, and
>what many naturalists face is refreshing.
>
>The holiday season is upon us, so if you want to give yourself a real
>lift, or lift the spirits of some friends, give them one (or more!) of
>these books. They're full of fun and energy and competence and power
>and images and visions and nostalgia that is bound to move you and
>them, and they're all about what systematists and kindred souls do.
>
>Cheers,
>Peter
>
>Wilson, Edward O. "Naturalist". Warner Books 1995, xii+380pp.
> originally published 1994 Island Press.
>
>Carr, Majorie H., Ed. "A Naturalist in Florida / A Celebration of Eden /
> Archie Carr". xxiii+264pp. 1994 Yale U.
>
>Weiner, Jonathan. "The Beak of the Finch". Vintage Books (Random House) 1995,
> xvi+332pp. originally published 1994 Knopf.
>
>Heinrich, Bernd. "One Man's Owl". x+224pp. 1987 Princeton U.
>
>Heinrich, Bernd. "A Year in the Maine Woods". 259pp. 1994 Addison-Wesley.

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