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About the Author: Linda Lear
Biography
Linda Lear has always been
intrigued by how the lives of artists and writers have been influenced in th natural
world. She discovered quite by accident that before Beatrix Potter began her legendary
series of "little books" for children she had been an avid student of natural history
and might have had a career in science had such opportunities been available to
women. As Lear explored Potter's evolution from amateur scientist of the land, she
herself became an admirer of Lakeland's farms, fells, and sheep. A professor of
environmental history and the author of the prize-winning biography, Rachel Carson:
Witness for Nature, Lear is an enthusiastic horticulturist and collector
of botanical art. She and her husband live in Bethesda, Maryland.
in development - list of other books by Linda to follow.
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