The Peak District (New Naturalist Series No. 44) - Hardcover

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A survey of great interest to naturalists and to the thousands of ramblers who visit the Peak District. This edition is exclusive to newnaturalists.com

Lying as it does at the heart of industrial England, this area of intimate wooded dales, steep-sided gorges and windswept boggy moorland, is perhaps the most welcome of all Britain's National Parks; certainly, it is the most accessible, for within 75 miles of its border lives nearly half the population of England, and the rich variety of its scenery attracts tens of thousands of visitors yearly.

This book is the general introduction to the region for naturalists. It presents a concise account of the Peak District's geological structure and history from ancient upheavals to the effects of erosion today - of its woods and wild flowers, its mosses and fungi, birds and fishes, roads and villages and farms, its weather and its rural economy.

All this is obviously too much for one man to cover expertly, and the author, though he probably knows the geography of the Peak as thoroughly as anyone alive, has drawn freely on the help of his friends and colleagues at Nottingham University. These include notably Professor H. H. Swinnerton, the author of the successful volume on Fossils in this series, and Mr. R. H. Hall, who have provided the geological and botanical chapters respectively.

To the many thousands of ramblers who visit the Peak District at weekends, summer and winter alike, here is a book by one who has trodden all the paths before them and is able to discover for them interests hitherto unsuspected to enhance their enjoyment. At the same time it is a survey of great interest to naturalists everywhere.

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‘A valuable, concise but none the less comprehensive reference account of the full regional geography of the Peak in all its aspects. Those who have visited the Peak already will not only read the book with fascination and interest, they will also discover how much they have still to learn about the area. Those who have yet to explore the Peak will find the book a most valuable introductory account which should make their field work, investigation, visit or ramble of greater and lasting value and interest.’
The Times Educational Supplement

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Book Description Condition: New. (Hardcover, 1974). (1962) 1974 2nd edition. 8vo (155 x 222mm). Ppxvi,223. Colour and b/w photographs, illustrations, maps, apppendices and bibliography. Green buckram, spine titled in gilt. Neat owner's name to front end-paper, foxing to edges else very good in dust-wrapper. A detailed study of the Peak District and its National Park. Topics covered include: the geology of the area; the resident flora and fauna; farms, villages, towns and cities; early man in the Peak; mining, mills and factories; farming and reservoirs. Appendices deal with the fish and bird life, nature conservation sites and ramblers clubs. Many good pictures of the area in the days before holiday cottages, masses of traffic and big roads. "Since the first edition a number of changes have occurred in and aroud the Peak National Park, most of which affect the human occupation rather than the natural environment. Assistance with the revision by Mr J.M. Smith, M.A., F.R.T.P.I., a senior official of the Derbyshire Country Planning Department, is gratefully acknowledged. In 1966 Professor Swinnerton died and in 1971 Professor Edwards retired to become Emeritus Professor of Geography in the University of Nottingham, while Mr. H. Hall is a member of the Derbyshire Naturalist Trust and is on the Management Committee." (From the preface to the second edition). Volume 44 in the Collins New Naturalist series. . Seller Inventory # 43462

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