U.S. Department of the Interior Library - Reading List - Naturalists, Conservationists and Natural Scientists: Lives and Work

This list represents a selection of books for general readers on the lives and work of naturalists, conservationists and natural scientists, available at the U.S. Department of the Interior Library. It is arranged alphabetically by the author's last name. Please direct inquiries or concerns to the Reference Librarian at 202-208-5815 between 7:45 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday except Federal holidays.

QH31 .A2
Louis Agassiz: his life and correspondence
Agassiz, Elizabeth Cabot Cary, 1822-1907.

QK5 .A38 2007
Botanical riches: stories of botanical exploration
Aitken, Richard.

F592.7 .A49 1996
Undaunted courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the opening of the American West
Ambrose, Stephen E.

QH31 .M137 A83 2002
Benton MacKaye: conservationist, planner, and creator of the Appalachian Trail
Anderson, Larry, 1950-

QH31 .A85 A3 2001
Captivating life: a naturalist in the age of genetics
Avise, John C.

GE55 .B43 2000
American environmental leaders: from colonial times to the present
Becher, Anne.

QK31 .B3 B47
The life and travels of John Bartram from Lake Ontario to the River St. John
Berkeley, Edmund.

Z8150.18 .B6
A bio-bibliography of Rachel Carson, 1907-1964
Blackmon, Leldon Ray.

Q141 .C78 2004
Curious minds: twenty-seven scientists describe what inspired them to choose their paths
Brockman, John, 1941-

QH26 .B68
Speaking for nature: how literary naturalists from Henry Thoreau to Rachel Carson have shaped America
Brooks, Paul, 1909-

QH31 .B859 A3 1990
For earth's sake: the life and times of David Brower
Brower, David Ross, 1912-

E757 .B97 1970
Camping and tramping with President Roosevelt
Burroughs, John, 1837-1921.

QH104.5 .H83 B87 1981
A river view and other Hudson Valley essays
Burroughs, John, 1837-1921.

QH31 .C33 A4 1995
Always, Rachel: the letters of Rachel Carson and Dorothy Freeman, 1952-1964
Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964.

QH81 .C3546 1998
Lost woods: the discovered writing of Rachel Carson
Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964.

QE22 .H3 C37 2000
Ferdinand V. Hayden: entrepreneur of science
Cassidy, James G., 1957-

QH31 .C5 A3
Dark trails; adventures of a naturalist
Cherrie, George Kruck, 1865-1946.

E748 .N43 C47 2004
The man from Clear Lake: Earth Day founder Gaylord Nelson
Christofferson, Bill.

QE22 .S77 C85 2003
The seashell on the mountaintop: a story of science, sainthood, and the humble genius who discovered a new history of the earth
Cutler, Alan, 1954-

F592.7 .C99 2003
Lewis and Clark: pioneering naturalists
Cutright, Paul Russell, 1897-

QH31 .D2 A2 1969
The life and letters of Charles Darwin, including an autobiographical chapter
Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.

QL31 .C34 D38 2007
The man who saved sea turtles: Archie Carr and the origins of conservation biology
Davis, Frederick Rowe, 1965-

F788 .D65 2002
Down the great unknown: John Wesley Powell's 1869 journey of discovery and tragedy through the Grand Canyon
Dolnick, Edward, 1952-

E757 .D658 2007
Lion in the White House: a life of Theodore Roosevelt
Donald, Aïda DiPace.

QH26 .E44 1977
First in the field: America's pioneering naturalists
Elman, Robert.

Q143 .S6 E95 2007
The lost world of James Smithson: science, revolution, and the birth of the Smithsonian
Ewing, Heather P.

QH76 .F69
John Muir and his legacy: the American conservation movement
Fox, Stephen R.

QH31 .M78 G57 2008
Nature's beloved son: rediscovering John Muir's botanical legacy
Gisel, Bonnie Johanna, 1948-

Q141 .G728 2002
Agassiz's legacy: scientists' reflections on the value of field experience
Gladfelter, Elizabeth H.

SD129 .M29 G58 1986
A wilderness original: the life of Bob Marshall
Glover, James M., 1950-

F594 .G77 1972
The passing of the Great West: selected papers of George Bird Grinnell
Grinnell, George Bird, 1849-1938.

QH104 .H28 1977
Natural history in America: from Mark Catesby to Rachel Carson
Hanley, Wayne, 1915-

QH31 .M9 H65 1999
The young John Muir: an environmental biography
Holmes, Steven J. (Steven Jon), 1960-

QH11 .K49 2003
Fossils, finches, and Fuegians: Darwin's adventures and discoveries on the Beagle
Keynes, R. D.

QE862 .D5 D528 1997
Discovering dinosaurs in the Old West: the field journals of Arthur Lakes
Lakes, Arthur, 1844-1917.

E415.9 .M185 L6 2000
George Perkins Marsh, prophet of conservation
Lowenthal, David.

QH31 .A2 L83
Nature and the American mind: Louis Agassiz and the culture of science
Lurie, Edward, 1927-

QH31 .C33 L98 2007
The gentle subversive: Rachel Carson, Silent spring, and the rise of the environmental movement
Lytle, Mark H.

QE707 .M47 M37 2005
Preserving the living past: John C. Merriam's legacy in the state and national parks
Mark, Stephen R.

QH545 .P4 C684 2007
Courage for the Earth: writers, scientists, and activists celebrate the life and writing of Rachel Carson
Matthiessen, Peter.

PS169 .E25 A44 2008
American Earth: environmental writing since Thoreau
McKibben, Bill

QH31 .L618 E77 1999
The essential Aldo Leopold: quotations and commentaries
Meine, Curt.

QH31 .M9 J63 2005
John Muir: family, friends, and adventures
Miller, Sally M., 1937-

QE22 .K5 M66 2006
King of the 40th parallel: discovery in the American West
Moore, James Gregory, 1930-

QH26 .M66 2002
Early American naturalists: exploring the American West, 1804-1900
Moring, John, 1946-

QH104 .M84 1973
The American wilderness, in the words of John Muir
Muir, John, 1838-1914.

QH31 .M9 A3 1988
John Muir, in his own words: a book of quotations
Muir, John, 1838-1914.

QH31 .M9 A3 2001
John Muir's last journey: south to the Amazon and east to Africa: unpublished journals and selected correspondence
Muir, John, 1838-1914.

QH31 .M9 A31 1997
Nature writings: the story of my boyhood and youth, my first summer in the Sierra, the mountains of California, Stickeen, selected essays
Muir, John, 1838-1914.

E757 .O77 2005
When trumpets call: Theodore Roosevelt after the White House
O'Toole, Patricia.

QH305.2 .U6 P38 2000
Biologists and the promise of American life: from Meriwether Lewis to Alfred Kinsey
Pauly, Philip J.

QE22 .P47 A35 1984
Memoirs of an unrepentant field geologist: a candid profile of some geologists and their science, 1921-1981
Pettijohn, F. J. (Francis John), 1904-

F788 .P92 2001
Seeing things whole: the essential John Wesley Powell
Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902.

QH31 .G74 P86 2007
Last stand: George Bird Grinnell, the battle to save the buffalo, and the birth of the new West
Punke, Michael.

QE22 .G5 P96
Grove Karl Gilbert, a great engine of research
Pyne, Stephen J., 1949-

QH31 .D2 Q35 2006
The reluctant Mr. Darwin: an intimate portrait of Charles Darwin and the making of his theory of evolution
Quammen, David, 1948-

QE22 .H9 R47 2003
The man who found time: James Hutton and the discovery of the earth's antiquity
Repcheck, Jack.

QL31 .A9 R524 2004
John James Audubon: the making of an American
Rhodes, Richard.

Q143 .H9 S24 2006
The Humboldt current: nineteenth-century exploration and the roots of American environmentalism
Sachs, Aaron (Aaron Jacob)

SD421.375 .S34 2001
Mountains of memory: a fire lookout's life in the River of No Return Wilderness
Scheese, Don.

QH104.5 .R6 S64 1981
Above timberline: a wildlife biologist's Rocky Mountain journal
Smith, Dwight R.

QH31 .S317 S65 2006
Green republican: John Saylor and the preservation of America's wilderness
Smith, Thomas G. (Thomas Gary), 1945-

Q143 .P8 S8 1992
Beyond the hundredth meridian: John Wesley Powell and the second opening of the West
Stegner, Wallace Earle, 1909-1993.

QH91 .C3 .S74
Sea and earth; the life of Rachel Carson
Sterling, Philip, 1907-1989.

SD129 .T47 A3 2004
Jack Ward Thomas: the journals of a Forest Service chief
Thomas, Jack Ward.

QH31 .M9 T87 1985
Rediscovering America: John Muir in his time and ours
Turner, Frederick W., 1937-

F592.3 2004
Jefferson's western explorations: discoveries made in exploring the Missouri, Red River and Washita by Captains Lewis and Clark, Doctor Sibley, and William Dunbar, and compiled by Thomas Jefferson ; the Natchez edition, 1806 ; a facsimile
United States. President (1801-1809: Jefferson)

QH31 .R13 W37 2004
Constantine Samuel Rafinesque: a voice in the American wilderness
Warren, Leonard, 1924-

QL696 .P246 W45 1995
The beak of the finch: a story of evolution in our time
Weiner, Jonathan.

F697 .W874 1992
A naturalist in Indian territory: the journals of S.W. Woodhouse, 1849-50
Woodhouse, S. W. (Samuel Washington), 1821-1904.

F788 .P88 W67 2001
A river running west: the life of John Wesley Powell
Worster, Donald, 1941-

QH31 .M9 W68 2008
A passion for nature: the life of John Muir
Worster, Donald, 1941-

QH105 .A65 Z95 1995
Downcanyon: a naturalist explores the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon
Zwinger, Ann.

Reading List -- Naturalists, Conservationists and Natural Scientists: Lives and Work