Son of the Antarctic explorer Captain Scott, Peter Scott fulfilled his father's dying wish that he should become "a strenuous man". A championship-class skater and dinghy-racer as well as an accomplished painter, Scott's abiding passion was for wildlife. He travelled the world hunting and painting rare birds, then gave up shooting to found the Wildfowl Trust and later co-founded the World Wildlife Fund. Behind Scott's charm lay a complex character, driven by his father's legend and by an unconventional and dominating mother. This is his biography.
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Condición: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1993 ). 1993 1st edition. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Ppxx,361. Colour & b/w photographs, illustrations, bibliography. Green boards, spine titled & decorated in white. Slight spotting to edges, some plates slightly stuck together, but a new unread copy in dust wrapper. "Son of the Antarctic explorer Captain Scott, [Peter Scott] fulfilled many times over his father's dying wish that he should become 'a strenuous man'. A championship-class skater, dinghy-racer and glider pilot as well as an accomplished painter, Scott's abiding passion was for wildlife. .He gave up shooting to found the Wildfowl Trust [Slimbridge] and later co-founded the World Wildlife Fund. .Behind Scott's charm and single-mided devotion to his chosen causes lay a complex character, driven by his father's legend and by an unconventional and dominating mother." Chapters include: Son of a legend; 'Here I am, send me'; Owls and Oundle; Cambridge and the Fens; Apprentice painter; Duck decoys and racing dinghies; Morning flight; Searching for redbreasted geese; HMS Broke; The Battle of the Narrow Seas; End of a marriage; The birth of the Wildfowl Trust; Travels in North America; Rescuing the ne-ne; Faraway look; The ocean of the sky; Tortoises, family life and Bewick's swans; The World Wildlife fund; Nessie and Antarctica; Saving the whales; The Wildfowl trust spreads its wings; No pot of gold in Arabia; Finale. PREVIOUS PRICE £17.50. Nº de ref. del artículo: 2124
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