For Sale - WINGS OVER THE SEA - The Story of Allan Moses by L K Ingersoll published in 1991 - In 1929 Allan Moses, a fisherman from Grand Manan, parleyed an ornithological "find" into a bird preservation area, leading the way for the development of several bird sanctuaries on Canada's eastern coast. Without his work, the common eider population would now be decimated and many of the shorebirds which nest in the Bay of Fundy would be endangered, if not extinct. But the discovery of an albatross also gave a strange twist to Moses' career, bringing his interests to the attention of several museums, including the Cleveland Museum and the American Museum of Natural History, which later sponsored his ornithological expeditions to the South Atlantic and West Africa. A former resident of Grand Manan, New Brunswick, L.K. Ingersoll draws upon his memories of Allan Moses, as well as Moses' own diaries and correspondence, to tell the fascinating story of one of the pioneers of the bird conservation movement

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WINGS OVER THE SEA - The Story of Allan Moses by L K Ingersoll published in 1991 - appears to be first edition. Soft cover -151 pages plus index.

In 1929 Allan Moses, a fisherman from Grand Manan, parleyed an ornithological "find" into a bird preservation area, leading the way for the development of several bird sanctuaries on Canada's eastern coast. Without his work, the common eider population would now be decimated and many of the shorebirds which nest in the Bay of Fundy would be endangered, if not extinct. But the discovery of an albatross also gave a strange twist to Moses' career, bringing his interests to the attention of several museums, including the Cleveland Museum and the American Museum of Natural History, which later sponsored his ornithological expeditions to the South Atlantic and West Africa.

A former resident of Grand Manan, New Brunswick, L.K. Ingersoll draws upon his memories of Allan Moses, as well as Moses' own diaries and correspondence, to tell the fascinating story of one of the pioneers of the bird conservation movement.

Photos: Allan Moses, Sarah E Moses Smith circa 1900, `Ernest Joy 1877 - 1951, Charles Huntington and family, Myhron Tate - Bowdoin College, Dr Alfred Goss, Robie W Tufts.

Book 6015 WINGS OVER THE SEA - for a 1991 publication - appearance is as new. $19.95 plus $10.00 shipping within North America

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