The magic formula
How a modest house on a typical street in an ordinary town produced the extraordinary Roger Tory Peterson and a question
Contributed by Pete Dunne
Published:
October 23, 2009
Contributing Editor Pete Dunne recounts a recent trip to Jamestown, New York, where he visited the boyhood home of Roger Tory Peterson, creator of the modern field guide. Dunne compares Peterson's house with similar homes across the country, including his own, and ponders what elements combined to turn Peterson into the father of birdwatching, and more important, why kids growing up in similar houses fail to become birdwatchers.
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