{"product_id":"a-guide-to-bird-watching","title":"A Guide to Bird Watching","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst edition, third printing (1946.) Good used hardcover in dust jacket. Significant foxing along page edges. Slightly cocked spine. Jacket shelf worn, with several chips and tears.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJoseph Hickey (1907–1993) was an American ornithologist who wrote this landmark \u003cem\u003eGuide to Bird Watching\u003c\/em\u003e and was instrumental in the activism that led to bans on organochlorine pesticides through his research work on the peregrine falcon. He was a founding member of the the Bronx County Bird Club where he was a close friend of Roger Tory Peterson and Allan Cruickshank; and was a professor of wildlife management at the University of Wisconsin where he obtained his master's degree under the guidance of Aldo Leopold.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53125859606835,"sku":"BC1943U","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0888\/4515\/6659\/files\/hickey-guide-to-birdwatching.jpg?v=1773264669","url":"https:\/\/buteobooks.com\/products\/a-guide-to-bird-watching","provider":"Buteo Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}