Ian, Dennis and other interested Tweeters,
Despite Meinertzhagen's failures, he was a great writer ofthe natural
history of birds.

I'm not sure if the following is permitted on this listserv (if not, I
apologize), but I have two of Meinertzhagen's rare books for sale. "Birds
of Arabia" with dust cover, published in 1954 ($450), and "Pirates and
Predators" with dust cover, published in 1959 ($350). Both of these are in
very good condition.

Greg Toffic
Everett
425-338-1746 (home)
525-760-8049 (cell)


----- Original Message -----
From: "Dennis Rockwell" <dennrockwell at surfbest.net>
To: "Ian Paulsen" <birdbooker at zipcon.net>; <birdbooklist at yahoogroups.com>
Cc: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>; <birdwg01 at listserv.arizona.edu>
Sent: Monday, May 29, 2006 1:14 PM
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Richard Meinertzhagen


> Not only was Meinertzhagen a thief & fraud, he was also quite likely a
wife
> murderer.
>
> Dennis Rockwell
> Kennewick, WA
> dennrockwell at surfbest.net
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ian Paulsen" <birdbooker at zipcon.net>
> To: <birdbooklist at yahoogroups.com>
> Cc: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>; <birdwg01 at listserv.arizona.edu>
> Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2006 8:38 PM
> Subject: [Tweeters] Richard Meinertzhagen
>
>
> > HI:
> > This week's New Yorker magazine has a story by John Seabrook about
> > British colonel Richard Meinertzhagen (1878-1967) who was an amateur
> > ornithologist and apparently a fraud! The article goes into the
detective
> > work done by Pamela Rasmussen (senior author of the Birds of South Asia:
> > The Ripley Guide) to uncover this fraud by Meinertzhagen. Also mentioned
> > in this article is a forthcoming book by Brian Garfield about the
> > "colorful" life of this man. See:
> > http://www.potomacbooksinc.com/Books/BookDetail.aspx?productID=138680
> >
> > for details.
> >
> > Interesting reading!
> >
> > --
> >
> > Ian Paulsen
> > Bainbridge Island, WA, USA
> > A.K.A.: "Birdbooker"
> > "Rallidae all the way!"
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