Such a wide-angle overview of nature is only possible for a limited geographic area if the book in which it is contained is to be sufficiently compact to fit into a jacket pocket or field bag; which is why the Kaufmans limited the scope of this field guide to the nature of just New England.
Thanks to Oregon State University Press’ Northwest Reprints series which publishes classic works of both fiction and nonfiction from the past of the Pacific Northwest, a new edition of this timeless work has been published as part of the press’ 2013 list.
My review of Katrina van Grouw’s The Unfeathered Bird (Princeton University Press) appears in the May / June 2013 edition of Bird Watcher’s Digest.
In his new book Deerland: America’s Hunt for Ecological Balance and the Essence of Wildness (Globe Pequot Press) noted outdoor writer Al Cambronne takes his readers on an eye-opening tour though the modern “deer industrial complex.”