Botanist, Naturalist and Adventurer

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• Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers Ltd
• Year: 2022
• Edition: 0
• eBook ISBN:
  9781398424661
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Index: Technology & Engineering

This autobiography presents the compelling and unusual story of one man's personal journey, from high school dropout to finishing an advanced degree in Natural Science and having a successful career as an Environmental Scientist. At the height of his career, he became vice president at a major environmental firm, published four botanical reference books, taught advanced courses in botany, and was a graduate student advisor. He also took part in plant and musk oxen research in the Canadian Arctic and plant research in the Amazon jungles of Colombia. His life has been rich with hunting and fishing scuba diving adventures in remote wilderness of Alaska, Idaho and Colorado, and throughout the Northeastern US, and foraging for wild plants and mushrooms. This book is filled with descriptions and photos of remote wilderness that few people will ever see and describes a life of successes and adventures most people only dream about. The sections on living off the land and harvesting plants and animals present methods and lore for gathering and preserving food; something that is capturing the interest of increasing numbers of people. In all, the book is presented in the context of a highly socially relevant theme: concern for the environment. This is the story of an ordinary person who ended up doing extraordinary things, and learned life lessons and spiritual insights from the journey, now collected in one place for everyone.

Table of contents

• Botanist, Naturalist and Adventurer
• About the Author
• Dedication
• Copyright Information ©
• Acknowledgements
• Prologue
• Part One The Formative Years
• Chapter 1 My Lineage and Early Development; Humble Beginnings
• Chapter 2 The Pre-Teen and Early Teen Years
• Chapter 3 The Middle Teen Years
• Chapter 4 The Late Teen Years
• Chapter 5 Finishing High School and Beginning Junior College
• Chapter 6 My Undergraduate Years at University of Massachusetts, Amherst
• Chapter 7 My Graduate Student Years at University of Massachusetts, Amherst
• Chapter 8 My Arctic Adventure
• Part Two My Professional Career
• Background
• Chapter 9 First Professional Job: Cortell & Associates
• Chapter 10 Partner in a Start-Up Company: Interdisciplinary Environmental Planning (IEP)
• Chapter 11 My South American Jungle Adventure
• Chapter 12 Normandeau Associates; Coming to Career Maturity and Fulfilment
• Chapter 13 Work Following My Retirement from the Environmental Consulting Profession
• Part Three My Personal Life
• Chapter 14 Dating, Courtship and Marriage
• Chapter 15 Starting and Raising Our Family
• Chapter 16 Extended Family, Friends and Traditions
• Chapter 17 Other Pursuits
• Part Four My Most Memorable Outdoors Adventures
• Chapter 18 Hunting and Fishing in Alaska
• Chapter 19 Adventures with the Sea
• Chapter 20 Freshwater Adventures
• Chapter 21 Hunting Wild Turkey and Other Titbits
• Chapter 22 Hunting Waterfowl
• Chapter 23 Hunting Deer and Other Big Game
• Part Five The Later Years
• Chapter 24 Some Observations and Reflections on Life and Lessons Learned
• Chapter 25 The Spiritual Basis for My Life
• Epilogue
• Appendix 1 Other Publications
• Appendix 2 How I Wrote the Flora of the Northeast