A professor of wildlife biology at Iowa State University,
Paul L. Errington (1902–1962) was listed by Life
magazine in 1961 as one of the top ten naturalists of his day. In
addition to Of Men and Marshes, Muskrats and Marsh Management, and
Muskrat Populations, he was the author of some 200 scientific
articles and three posthumous books: Of Predation and Life, The Red
Gods Call, and A Question of Values. In 1962 he received the
Wildlife Society’s Aldo Leopold Award for his contributions to
wildlife conservation.
Wildlife biologist H. Albert Hochbaum (1911–1988)
directed the Delta Waterfowl Research Station from 1938 to 1970; he
was the author and illustrator of The Canvasback on a Prairie
Marsh, Travels and Traditions of Waterfowl, and To Ride the Wind.
"[Errington] speaks to us here . . . not as a scientist but as a
man and a human--his method is to show us a marsh as his home, to
escort us through it in the different seasons of the year, and let
us see for ourselves the beauty and wonder that are there. A
telling and moving experience."--New Yorker
"Sights he describes from his boyhood will not be seen again in
this cycle of American civilization--if ever. . . . Fifty years
from now the kind of phenomenon he is currently recording may have
vanished, also, from most of Asia, Africa, and South America.
Errington's book may be at once history and prophecy."--Journal of
Wildlife Management
"When Paul Errington's classic Of Men and Marshes first appeared in
1957, the wetlands of the American Midwest--and wetlands around the
world--were widely seen as rank wastelands and impediments to
economic progress. Errington provided a revolutionary view of
marshes as dynamic communities of life whose diversity and
well-being reflect our own capacity to live well on the land. This
book changed lives and landscapes. We are fortunate to have it
available in this new edition!"--Curt Meine, author, Aldo Leopold:
His Life and Work
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