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Hay, John was born on August 31, 1915 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Clarence Leonard and Alice (Appleton) Hay.
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Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 144 pages; Description: 144 p. Col. Illus. 35 cm. Subjects: Seashore biology. Natural history--Pictorial works. - Series: Earth's wild places, 4.
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"Joy Hay is one of our very best essayists on the natural world, and The Bird of Light is a fine example of his work."―Peter Matthiessen Here is an evocative, closely observed portrait of terns, as the noted naturalist John Hay has watched these "tirelessly flying, excitable, vulnerable birds" for years on Cape Cod. Celebrating their beauty, Hay describes all aspects of the birds' lives, from threats by enemies (including human beings' neglect of the environment) to mating rituals, the wild tumult of a crowded nesting site, and their long-range migrations.
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Rear dust jacket notes: "Two of America's finest nature writers match science with poetry and evoke the vanishing physical experience of the North Atlantic shore - the way of building a boat, of taking fish in season, of knowing a coast with its fogs, currents, winds, and climate. It is a book of naming plants and explaining tides, of the disappearing shore birds and the richness of the marsh community. Written from love and long experience, it offers the sweep of an ancient shoreline from Labrador to Long Island, with its rocky headlands, sandy beaches, and abundant marine life."
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Frequently compared to Edward Abbey, Wendell Berry, and Gary Snyder, John Hay is one of this country’s greatest nature writers. Originally published in 1969, In Defense of Nature is an eloquent and prescient plea on behalf of the natural world. Devoid of sentimentality yet lyrical and deeply moving in its portrayals of our despoliation of nature, Hay’s classic work is now available to a new generation of readers. Wendell Berry has called John Hay a “carrier of light and wisdom.” In Defense of Nature reveals why this is true. In it Hay has written an extended meditation on the environment and our place in it. Its lessons never more important, In Defense of Nature eerily presages the tenuous state of our environment and our place in it. As our technical abilities have moved forward, our judgment has not kept pace. “What we call natural resources cannot be limited to gas, oil, pulpwood, or uranium,we are starving the natural resources in ourselves. The soul needs to stretch; being needs to exercise.”
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“From the icy coasts of Greenland, to the steaming rainforests of Costa Rica, John Hay’s seasoned eye leads us to the phenomena which bind all life on earth. For Hay, the wilderness is not just some underdeveloped patch of land that escaped the bulldozers opening the paths of progress. It is the underlying health and wealth of this entire planet, the “real world” beneath all of civilization’s superficial distractions. It is a world for which John Hay’s rich and pensive writings form one of the best field guides that I know of.” ―Gary Nabhan Focusing on nature as inseparable from the deepest human experience, this book argues that scientific advances cannot substitute for the life of nature.
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(The preeminent naturalist John Hay has gathered a collect...)
The preeminent naturalist John Hay has gathered a collection of notable writings--encompassing myth, poetry, and natural history--into a glorious appreciation of birds. From Lucretius to Terry Tempest Williams, writers from many genres and periods explore the significance of birds in different and surprising ways.
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Hay, John was born on August 31, 1915 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Clarence Leonard and Alice (Appleton) Hay.
AB, Harvard University, 1938.
Hay co-founded the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History and composed 18 books from his "writing shack" on Dry Hill at his home in Brewster, Massachusetts He published two autobiographies, A beginner"s faith in things unseen (Boston: Beacon Press, 1995) and (Reno: University of Nevada Press, 2004). and a profile in 1998, ".
(Rear dust jacket notes: "Two of America's finest nature w...)
(The preeminent naturalist John Hay has gathered a collect...)
( “From the icy coasts of Greenland, to the steaming rain...)
( Frequently compared to Edward Abbey, Wendell Berry, and...)
( Frequently compared to Edward Abbey, Wendell Berry, and...)
( "Joy Hay is one of our very best essayists on the natur...)
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President Cape Cod Museum Natural History, Brewster, 1956-1980, senior fellow, since 1980. Chairman Brewster Conservation Commission, 1964-1971. Member standing committee Massachusetts Trustees of Reservations, 1975-1980, member advisory council, since 1980.
Board advisers Damariscotta (Maine) River Association, since 1995. With Army of the United States, World World War World War II. Member Phi Beta Kappa (named Poet 1963).
Married Kristi Putnam, February 14, 1942. Children: Susan, Katherine, Rebecca (deceased), Charles.