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Lutts, Ralph Herbert was born on January 7, 1944 in Quincy, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Herbert Warren Lutts and Jean May (MacKenzie) Easton.
(At the beginning of the twentieth century, the wild anima...)
At the beginning of the twentieth century, the wild animal story emerged in Canadian literature as a distinct genre, in which animals pursue their own interests survival for themselves, their offspring, and perhaps a mate, or the pure pleasure of their wildness. Bringing together some of the most celebrated wild animal stories, Ralph H. Lutts places them firmly in the context of heated controversies about animal intelligence and purposeful behavior. Widely regarded as entertaining and educational, the early stories by Charles G. D. Roberts, Ernest Thompson Seton, John Muir, Jack London and others had an avid readership among adults and children.But some naturalists and at least one hunter Theodore Roosevelt discredited these writers as 'nature fakers', accusing them of falsely portraying animal behavior. The stories and commentaries collected here span the twentieth century. As present day animal behaviorists, psychologists, and the public attempt to sort out the meaning of what animals do and our obligations to them, Ralph Lutts maps some of the prominent features of our cultural landscape.Tales include: "The Springfield Fox" by Ernest Thompson Seton; "The Sounding of the Call" by Jack; "London Stickeen" by John Muir; and, "Journey to the Sea" by Rachel Carson. Other selections include essays by Theoore Roosevelt, John Burroughs, Margaret Atwood, and Ralph H. Lutts. Author note: Ralph H. Lutts, Associate Faculty, Goddard College Off-Campus BA./MA Program and Adjunct Faculty, University of Virginia, Division of Continuing Education, is the author of "The Nature Fakers: Wildlife, Science, and Sentiment".
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Lutts, Ralph Herbert was born on January 7, 1944 in Quincy, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Herbert Warren Lutts and Jean May (MacKenzie) Easton.
Bachelor in Biology, Trinity University, San Antonio, 1967. Doctor of Education, University Massachusetts, 1978.
Curator, educator Museum of Science, Boston, 1967-1973. Naturalist Hampshire College, Amherst, 1973-1980, member natural science faculty, 1976-1984. Director Blue Hills Trailside Museum, Massachusetts Audubon Society, Milton, 1980-1990.
Director education Virginia Museum Natural History, Martinsville, 1990-1992, director outreach division, 1992-1994, research associate, 1994-1997. Member faculty Goddard College, Plainfield, Vermont, since 1995, coordinator Master of Arts concentration in environmental studies, since 2002, chair, faculty council, 2005—2006, trustee, since 2007. Member adjunct faculty University Virginia, Charlottesville, 1995—2006.
Member adjunct history faculty Virginia Polytechnic Institute, since 1998. President Alliance for Environmental Education, 1988-1989. Founding president New England Environmental Education Alliance, 1980-1984.
Associate Center for Animals and Public Policy, Tufts University School Veterinary Medicine, North Grafton, Massachusetts, 1989-1990. Department director mid-atlantic region Global Network of Environmental Education Centers, 1993-1995. President American Nature Study Society, 1995-1997.
Founding member board directors Blue Ridge Heritage, since 2007.
(At the beginning of the twentieth century, the wild anima...)
(At the beginning of the 20th century, the wild animal sto...)
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President Hitchcock Center for Environmental, Amherst, Massachusetts, 1977-1979. President New England Environ Education Alliance, 1980-1982. Treasurer Massachusetts Environmental Education Society, 1982-1984.
Member Blue Hills citizens' advisory committee Metropolitan District Commission, 1988-1989, management advisory committee, 1989-1990. Member secretary's advisory group on environmental education Massachusetts Executive Office for Environmental Affairs, 1989-1990. Member executive committee Patrick Environmental Awareness Group, 1998-1999.
Associate director Patrick Soil and Water Conservation District, 2001-2002. Member American Society Environmental History, Association for Study of Literature and Environmental, Forest History Society (Ralph W. Hidy award 1993), North America Association Environmental Education, American Nature Study Society (board directors 1990-1998, president 1995-1997), Authors Guild, Popular Culture Association (area chair 1993-1995), Appalachian Studies Association, Society for Conservation Biology.