Fleischman, Paul, — Townsend's Warbler.

NY, Harper Collins, 1992. 1stEd, 1stprnt. VG Hardback in VG DJ. Beautiful book! When naturalist John Townsend set out in 1834 for a cross- continental exploration he encountered starvation,. sand storms, Indian war parties and a fragile warbler no one had ever beheld before. His chronicle illustrated with breathtaking paintings of the period and the bird that bears his name.