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| North American Wildlife (revised and updated) | 
| Author: Editors Of Reader's Digest
Publisher: Readers Digest
Category: Book
List Price: $29.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  26 reviews
Sales Rank: 38542
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 576
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.9
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.4 x 1.7
ISBN: 0762100206
Dewey Decimal Number: 570.97
EAN: 9780762100200
ASIN: 0762100206
Publication Date: April 13, 1998
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: good condition different picture than Amazon same ISBN#
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| Customer Reviews:
 Beautiful reference for Nature Lovers of all ages. . . January 26, 2007
I've always loved field guides, especially older books with beautifully painted illustrations. North American Wildlife is a terrific resource for young and old alike. The different sections are broken down into Mammals, Birds, Reptiles, Amphibians, Fish, Mollusks, Insects, Other Invertebrates, Trees, Shrubs, Wildflowers, Ferns, Non-Flowering Plants, and Mushrooms. While Each section lists only the most common of each species, the Illustrations are wonderfully done, and the information presented makes identification of animals and plants easy and exciting. For those of us who love nothing more than a good stroll through a nature preserve, this book will serve you well and make your adventures that much more enjoyable. While rather bulky, this is a book best left at home to study after a hike and help identify creatures you may not have been able to in the field. There are many smaller, more portable field guides available which may be better to take along during an adventure, (something with real photographs will help you much more when trying to identify a specific plant or bird) but this book is wonderful to have in your collection all the same. It's a shame that beautifully painted nature illustrations are becoming harder and harder to find in recent publications. The art of capturing a natural subject's beauty with pen and brush is one that I hope will make a resurgence. If you are an experienced naturalist, or a parent with children interested in the wild world, there are few books better to loaf around and thumb through than this one. I personally have spent too many hours to remember thumbing through the pages of this book, admiring the artwork. It is money well spent, and one of the few books I own which I will never get bored of reading.
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Book January 9, 2007
Book was reasonably priced and delivered in good time and condition. Have yet to have a bad experience with Amazon
Excellent coverage May 16, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have the 1982 version. I am amazed at how much of the wildlife, I come across and want to know about, is in this book. Considering they are covering North America's plants, animals, fish, insects, etc, you know they had to pick and chose what they put in this field guide. They did an wonderful job!
 A Great All-around Nature Reference August 15, 2005
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
OK, this book isn't necessarily something a Phd would use in the field, but for general, all around reference to many species, I can't think of a better guide. In fact, there are many species I could NOT locate in some of my Peterson's Field guides that were included in this book. If you are out and about in nature, this allows you to carry ONE book instead of a stack of them. No cabin or campsite should be without it. The only negatives I could give it are the fact that the insect section and mammal sections are somewhat small, but the wildflower, tree and bird sections are more than enough for the nature hobbyist that isn't working on a degree.
Sad that the updated version is only a re-print... I was hoping for new, expanded info or perhaps some added species, but this still gets 4 stars from me and is a great gift for any nature enthusiast.
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