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Life and letters of Alexander Goodman More, with selections from his zoological and botanical writings

Life and letters of Alexander Goodman More, with selections from his zoological and botanical writings

B. Moffat, C.

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ISBN10: 9353704626
ISBN13: 9789353704629
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: May 1 2019
Pages: 660
Weight: 1.82
Height: 1.46 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Step into the field-notebook world of Alexander Goodman More: a quiet force in Victorian era science, moving from coastal rockpools to herbarium cabinets with the same sharp curiosity. A life told in letters. Edited by C. B. Moffat, this naturalist biography memoir gathers More's correspondence alongside a natural history essay anthology drawn from his botany and zoology writings, capturing how discovery happened day by day - through friendships, specimens, arguments, and wonder. It is the portrait of a working naturalist, not a monument, and it brings the laboratories of the outdoors close to the page again. More wrote at the height of Darwin era naturalists, when Victorian scientific collecting reshaped what people thought they knew about living things. These pages open onto Irish flora and fauna, the practical realities of naming, preserving, and comparing, and the personal costs and consolations of a life devoted to observation. As naturalist primary sources, the letters and papers also speak to the wider history of science research: how networks formed, how local habitats fed global debates, and how Victorian nature writing blended precision with feeling. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. For anyone drawn to classic natural history, for students of nineteenth century Ireland, and for libraries seeking an edited letters edition with genuine archival character, this is both a readable portrait and a lasting record.

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