Northwoods Ecology Books
 | Mammals of Wisconsin
by Hartley Jackson
The ecological crisis has underscored the need for books
that help
us to find a place in the natural environment. Such a book is Mammals
of wisconsin,
by Hartley Jackson. Critics recognized it as a definite work when it
was first published in 1961. Today, it is indeed the standard work in
its field - the most comprehensive, useful, and enjoyable mammal guide
to the entire North Central States region, equally valuable to the
professional zoologist, the lay "wildlife watcher," and the
ecology-minded student.
For a mammalogist to compile a list of the more than eighty
known
state mammals, giving reliable data for their identification, habitat,
population density, breeding, foods, and predators, is a considerable
achievement in itself. But Hartley Jackson was not content to write a
reference volume for the specialist alone. In addition to presenting
reliable and useful data, he has shared with his readers the useful
knowledge of his fifty years in the field, where he observed not only
the essential characteristics of the animals he describes, but their
behavioral idiosyncrasies as well. Thus, when writing about the
cinereous shrew, Jackson not only gives an accurate description, but
gives us his considered opinion that the animal is "an active, vicious,
voracious, high-strung, and restless little imp." He describes how
young rabbits often scream in their nests when hungry or alone, and how
porcupines "sing" a great deal in their wooing. He shares folk legends
about the animals, and tells what parts various animals played in the
lives of the Natives and early settlers. Throughout, the book expresses
both Jackson's meticulous scholarship and his unabashed love for his
work. Mammals of Wisconsin
with more than 200 halftone and 150 line illustrations, is thus a
highly-dependable reference volume and a book for frequent and plesant
browsing.
The amount of work and study which Jackson conducted to
complete
this volume is a matter of record. He spent more than three years in
field reseach especially for this book. He examined, personally, more
than 36,000 specimens; and he spent countless hours in examining old
books and records to complement his personal studies and observations.
Mammals of Wisconsin is a book which
only Hartley
Jackson could have written, and it will long stand as a monument to
him. Jackson, born in Wisconsin, published his first scientific paper
at age 15. That was the beginning of an extraordinarily long and highly
distinguished career covering more than seventy-five years, forty of
which were spent as a member of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. In
that time, he gained the just reputation of an internationally known
mammaologist, having published more than 900 papers and articles. It
was after his official retirment, in 1951, that he at last found time
to devote to this work, which has been described both as a
"comprehensive scientific treatise" and as "a task of dedicated
devotion"
"The book is highly readable and is a mine of information on
occurrence, habits, economic and other values, and management. It will
be invaluable to professional and amateur mammalogists and
'mammal-watchers,' not only in Wisconsin but throughout the north
central states and western Ontario." - Science
"...this is sure to be a major addition to the still
relatively meager shelf of references on mammals generally." - Audubon
Magazine
"This book should be a MUST for the serious student of
wildlife
who wishes to understand the inter-relationship between the mammals and
their environment." - Conservation News
"...sets a standard among books about the fauna of
particular
areas which will be hard to beat. Its creation, obviously, has been a
task of dedicated devotion on the part of its author." - Atlantic
Naturalist
Very rare and out of print, used, Hardcover, 504 pages, Old Price - $65 NOW $39
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