Green Laurels: The Lives and Achievements of the Great Naturalists, 1938 Games for or spread them across shelves

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is a beloved picture book classic and ALA Notable Book

B&W illustrations and some full-page color plates

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Green Laurels: The Lives and Achievements of the Great Naturalists, 1938 Games for or spread them across shelvesOriginally published by Simon and Schuster in 1936 and reissued in this De Luxe Edition by Garden City Publishing Co. in 1938, Green Laurels is a sweeping and beautifully written history of natural science told through the lives of the men who shaped it. Donald Culross Peattie traces the story from medieval herbalists and Renaissance thinkers through the age of Linnaeus, Buffon, Darwin, Audubon, and beyond, weaving biography, philosophy, and natural