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The Remarkable Life of William Beebe: Explorer and Naturalist.(Book Review)
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December 1, 2005
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2005 Wilson Ornithological Society. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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THE REMARKABLE LIFE OF WILLIAM BEEBE: EXPLORER AND NATURALIST. By Carol Grant Gould. Island Press, Washington, D.C. 2004: 447 pp., numerous photos, index. ISBN: 1559638583. $30 (cloth).--In this biography, Carol Grant Gould chronicles the long, productive life of William (Will) Beebe--a man with a driven personality, one who suffered from bouts of depression, but who was usually charming and charismatic--a complicated but insightful person. Gould had at her disposal Beebe's journals that he wrote from boyhood to old age, and the personal papers of Jocelyn Crane, Beebe's colleague and companion during Beebe's later years. These documents, not available to earlier biographers, ...
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