naturalists

Presents a selection of Darwin's autobiographical writings, covering his personal life and his voyage on the "Beagle" which resulted in the writing of "The Origin of Species.".

Chronicles the life of nineteenth-century English naturalist Charles Darwin, discussing his world, his work, and his legacy.

A biography of the nineteenth-century naturalist, explorer, and writer who was influential in establishing our national park system.

A collection of more than one hundred writings from John Muir's diaries, journals, essays, and books.

The journal of naturalist John Muir, in which he records his thoughts and experiences in the Sierra Mountains, where he went for the first time in 1869 to oversee the movement of a band of sheep to summer pasture. Includes color photographs of the area as well as Muir's illustrations from the original work.

Raphael Semmes Cody, a fifteen-year-old boy who is fascinated with the outdoors, studies the creation and destruction of four ant colonies in Alabama, and when he grows up, he decides to go to Harvard Law School in order to fight for his environmental beliefs, and the fate of the Nokobee wildland, in the courtroom.

John Tradescant the Younger, gardener to King Charles I, finds his loyalties questioned as England descends into civil war and his family is put in danger because of John's ties to the King.

In central Texas in 1899, eleven-year-old Callie Vee Tate learns about love from the older three of her six brothers and studies the natural world with her grandfather which leads to an important discovery.

A critical analysis of the life, works, and theories of Charles Darwin along with his scientific, social, and religious views.