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Return to Wild America: A Yearlong Seach for the Continent's Natural Soul.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
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Science News
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November 26, 2005
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RETURN TO WILD AMERICA: A Yearlong Search for the Continent's Natural Soul
scoTT WEIDENSAUL
With a well-worn copy of the 1953 classic Wild America in hand, Weidensaul retraces the route taken by its famed authors, naturalist Roger Tory Peterson and James Fisher. This author's goal is to chronicle how much has changed in the North American wilderness since these two men made their journey across the continent. The trip takes Weidensaul to the swamps of Florida...
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; RETURN TO WILD AMERICA A Yearlong Search for the Continent's Natural Soul BY SCOTT WEIDENSAUL Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 394 pp., $26 Scott Weidensaul and I have never crossed paths, although our travels have taken us to many of the same places and our separate journeys have had similar purposes,
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MOVIES: 'Wild America' is too woolly as nature filmmakers fizzle.
The Boston Herald
; Wild America. Rated PG-13. At Copley Place and suburban theaters. One and a half stars The idea behind Wild America is fine. It's the execution that's trouble. That idea was to make a movie for preteens and teenagers by combining the coming-of-age stories of the real-life Stouffer brothers with
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[1] Movies.
The Boston Herald
; [H] 'Wild' is a woolly flop [H] Cute Thomas can't save 'America' [H] Wild America. Rated PG-13. At Copley Place and suburban theaters. 1 1/2 stars The idea behind Wild America is fine. It's the execution that's trouble. That idea was to make a movie for preteens and teenagers by combining the
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BOYS COME TO GRIPS WITH LIFE AND NATURE IN `WILD AMERICA'.(Entertainment)(Review)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)
; ``Wild America'' is inspired by the true story of the Stouffer brothers, a trio of resourceful youngsters who, in 1967, left their Fort Smith, Ark., home to pursue a collective dream of making 16mm films about nature and animals. In their adventure, the boys not only learned to respect wildlife,
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The Washington Post
; Naturalist Scott Weidensaul discusses his internationally acclaimed book "Return to Wild America: A Yearlong Search for the Continent's Natural Soul" with a slide show and lecture tonight. The book retraces the route taken in 1953 by Roger Tory Peterson and James Fisher in their book "Wild America"
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