Synopses & Reviews
Butterflies presents a natural and cultural history of the great beauties of the insect world. Featuring more than 140 striking color photographs and informative text, the book highlights 60 of the most fascinating butterfly species from around the world, including painted ladies, variable crackers, long-tailed skippers, Southern dogfaces, American snouts, Guatemalan satyrs, ruddy daggerwings, and shoemakers. This book also offers an introduction to physical characteristics and behavior, butterfly-human relations, conservation, and the art of photographing butterflies.
Gorgeously illustratred and written in accessible and engaging language, this book is a must for butterfly enthusiasts—and for anyone who cherishes the splendors of the natural world.
Synopsis
This book presents a natural and cultural history of the great beauties of the insect world. Featuring more than 140 striking color photographs, the book highlights 60 of the most fascinating butterfly species from around the world.
About the Author
Author David Badger is a professor of journalism at Middle Tennessee State University. He was a film critic for WPLN-FM Public Radio in Nashville for thirteen years, and a book reviewer and columnist for the Nashville Tennessean for seventeen years. He grew up in Wilmette, Illinois, and earned an A.B. degree in English literature from Duke University; M.S.J. degree in editorial journalism from Northwestern University; and Ph.D. in communication from the University of Tennessee. Dave is the author of Frogs, Snakes, Frogs: WorldLife Library, and Lizards, all illustrated with photographs by John Netherton. He is the co-author of Newscraft, a contributor to Free Expression and the American Public, and the editor of more than a dozen books by John Netherton. Dave lives in Franklin, Tennessee, with his wife, Sherry, and son, Jeff.