Spare the Birds - George Bird Grinnell and the First Audubon Society

Carolyn Merchant presents the story of George Bird Grinnell and his writings and legacy. The book features Grinnell’s biographies of ornithologists John James Audubon and Alexander Wilson and his editorials and descriptions of Audubon’s bird paintings. This primary documentation combined with Carolyn Merchant’s analysis casts new light on Grinnell, the origins of the first Audubon Society, and the conservation of avifauna.