Roger Tory Peterson’s unique perspective on birding comes to life in these highly personal narratives. Here he relates his adventures during a lifetime of birding and traveling the world to observe and record nature. Though Peterson was widely known for his illustrations, this collection reminds us to reconsider his accomplishments as a photographer, for Peterson was nearly as passionate about photography as he was about painting. The essays and photographs included here were carefully selected by Bill Thompson III, the editor of Bird Watcher’s Digest, which ran the column “All Things Reconsidered” during the last twelve years of Peterson’s life.
Bird Watching Adventures by a Master Bird Watcher Roger Tory Peterson was the pioneer for the development of the modern bird guide. My first bird guides were the little Golden Guide and the little red book guides, but the Peterson Guide to Western Birds was my next purchase and I used it for years in Arizona. The current work, “All Things Reconsidered,” is a collection of Peterson’s columns in Bird Watcher’s Digest edited by Bill Thompson III. Among the other many gems is an essay on one of the last sightings of the now extinct…
All Things Considered… Buy this Book. I simply cannot imagine any birder not buying this book. I have paid more for magazines that I have thrown away than I have for this Hardcover Edition of “All Things Reconsidered” by Roger Tory Peterson, history’s greatest teacher-naturalist. His Field Guides remain the standard by which all others are measured. He was the first recipient of the prestigious Ludlow Griscom Award (Birding’s highest honor) and also received the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his work as a naturalist. This…
Big difference between the hardcover and the paperback This is a fine book. It includes a lot of photos and other illustrations. The hardcover book is printed on coated paper and many of the pictures are in color. The paperback uses regular paper and all are black and white. Given the current pricing, I would recommend the hardcover.