John Burroughs Medal

The John Burroughs Medal , referred to in English as the John Burroughs Medal or Burroughs Medal , is an award named after the "literary naturalist" John Burroughs , which is given to authors of scientific books. It is awarded annually by the John Burroughs Association . Rachel Carson , Aldo Leopold and Ernest Thompson Seton are among the most well-known winners of the medal .

Award winners

• 1926 - Charles William Beebe , Pheasants of the World .
• 1927 - Ernest Thompson Seton , Lives of Game Animals .
• 1928 - John Russell McCarthy , Nature Poems .
• 1929 - Frank Michler Chapman , Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America . (Published 1906)
• 1930 - Archibald Rutledge , Peace in the Heart .
• 1931 - no winner
• 1932 - Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh , A Canyon Voyage: A Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition . ISBN 0-8165-0880-1
• 1933 - Oliver Perry Medsger , Spring , Summer , Fall , Winter (set)
• 1934 - William Weaver Christman , Wild Pasture Pine .
• 1935 - no winner
• 1936 - Charles Crawford Gorst , Recordings of Bird Calls .
• 1937 - no winner
• 1938 - Robert Cushman Murphy , Oceanic Birds of South America .
• 1939 - Thomas Gilbert Pearson , Adventures in bird protection; of autobiography .
• 1940 - Arthur Cleveland Bent , Life Histories of North American Birds . (18 title series, United States Government Printing Office )
• 1941 - Louis Joseph Halle Jr. , Birds Against Men .
• 1942 - Edward Allworthy Armstrong , Birds of the Gray Wind .
• 1943 - Edwin Way Teale , Near Horizons: The Story of an Insect Garden .
• 1944 - no winner
• 1945 - Rutherford Platt , This Green World . ISBN 0-396-09188-1
• 1946 - Florence Page Jaques and Francis Lee Jaques (illustrator), Snowshoe Country . ISBN 0-87351-236-7
• 1947 - no winner
• 1948 - Theodora Stanwell-Fletcher , Driftwood Valley . ISBN 0-87071-524-0
• 1949 - Helen Gere Cruickshank , Flight Into Sunshine: Bird Experiences in Florida .
• 1950 - Roger Tory Peterson , Birds Over America . ISBN 0-396-08269-6
• 1951 - no winner
• 1952 - Rachel Carson , The Sea Around Us . ISBN 0-451-61873-4
• 1953 - Gilbert Klingel , The Bay . ISBN 0-8018-2536-9
• 1954 - Joseph Wood Krutch , The Desert Year . ISBN 0-8165-0923-9
• 1955 - Wallace Byron Grange and Olaus Johan Murie (illustrator), Those of the Forest . ISBN 1-55971-083-7
• 1956 - Guy Murchie , Song of the Sky .
• 1957 - Archie Fairly Carr , The Windward Road: Adventures of a Naturalist on Remote Caribbean Shores . ISBN 0-8130-0639-2
• 1958 - Robert Porter Allen , On the Trail of the Vanishing Birds .
• 1959 - no winner
• 1960 - John Kieran , A Natural History of New York City . ISBN 0-8232-1086-3
• 1961 - Loren Eiseley , The Firmament of Time . ISBN 0-8032-6739-8
• 1962 - George Miksch Sutton , Iceland Summer: Adventures of a Bird Painter . ISBN 0-8061-0491-0
• 1963 - Adolph Murie , A Naturalist in Alaska . ISBN 0-8165-1168-3
• 1964 - John Hay , The Great Beach: A Naturalist Explores the Frontier Between Land and Sea on the Outer Reaches of Cape Cod . ISBN 0-345-02255-6
• 1965 - Paul Brooks, Roadless Area . ISBN 0-345-25276-4
• 1966 - Louis Darling , The Gull's Way . ISBN 0-688-21366-9
• 1967 - Charlton Ogburn, Jr. , The Winter Beach . ISBN 0-688-09418-X
• 1968 - Hal Borland , Hill Country Harvest .
• 1969 - Louise de Kiriline Lawrence , The Lovely and the Wild . ISBN 0-920474-43-8
• 1970 - Victor Blanchard Scheffer , The Year of the Whale .
• 1971 - John Kenneth Terres , From Laurel Hill to Siler's Bog . ISBN 0-8078-4426-8
• 1972 - Robert Simeon Arbib , The Lord's Woods: The Passing of an American Woodland . ISBN 0-393-08639-9
• 1973 - Elizabeth Barlow , The Forests and Wetlands of New York City .
• 1974 - Sigurd Ferdinand Olson , Wilderness Days . ISBN 0-394-47155-5
• 1975 - no winner
• 1976 - Ann Haymond Kennel , Run, River, Run . ISBN 0-06-014824-1
• 1977 - Aldo Leopold , A Sand County Almanac . ISBN 0-915024-15-2
• 1978 - Ruth Kirk , The American Southwest Desert . ISBN 0-395-17209-8
• 1979 - Barry Lopez , Of Wolves and Men . ISBN 0-7432-4936-4
• 1980 - no winner
• 1981 - Mary Durant and Michael Harwood , On the Road with John James Audubon . ISBN 0-396-07740-4
• 1982 - Peter Matthiessen , Sand Rivers . ISBN 0-906053-22-6
• 1983 - Alexander Frank Skutch , A Naturalist on a Tropical Farm . ISBN 0-520-03802-9
• 1984 - David Rains Wallace , The Klamath Knot: Explorations of Myth and Evolution . ISBN 0-520-23659-9
• 1985 - Mark Owens and Delia Owens , Cry of the Kalahari . ISBN 0-395-64780-0
• 1986 - Gary Paul Nabhan , Gathering the Desert . ISBN 0-8165-0935-2
• 1987 - Robert Michael Pyle , Wintergreen: Rambles in a Ravaged Land . ISBN 0-684-18321-8
• 1988 - Tom Horton and Charles R. Hazard (illustrator), Bay Country . ISBN 0-8018-3525-9
• 1989 - Lawrence Kilham , On Watching Birds . ISBN 0-930031-14-8
• 1990 - John McPhee , The Control of Nature . ISBN 0-374-12890-1
• 1991 - Richard Nelson , The Island Within . ISBN 0-86547-404-4
• 1992 - Kenneth S. Norris , Dolphin Days: The Life and Times of the Spinner Dolphin . ISBN 0-393-02945-X
• 1993 - Vincent Dethier , Crickets and Katydids, Concerts and Solos . ISBN 0-674-17577-8
• 1994 - David George Campbell , The Crystal Desert: Summers in Antarctica . ISBN 0-436-20049-X
• 1995 - Craig Packer , Into Africa . ISBN 0-226-64429-4
• 1996 - Bill Green , Water, Ice and Stone: Science and Memory on the Antarctic Lakes . ISBN 0-517-58759-9
• 1997 - David Quammen , The Song Of The Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinction . ISBN 0-684-80083-7
• 1998 - John Alcock , In a Desert Garden: Love and Death Among the Insects . ISBN 0-8165-1970-6
• 1999 - Jan DeBlieu , Wind: How the Flow of Air Has Shaped Life, Myth, and the Land . ISBN 0-395-78033-0
• 2000 - Bernd Heinrich , Mind Of the Raven . ISBN 0-06-017447-1
• 2001 - David M. Carroll , Swampwalker's Journal . ISBN 0-395-64725-8
• 2002 - Ken Lamberton , Wilderness and Razor Wire . ISBN 1-56279-116-8
• 2003 - Carl Safina , Eye of the Albatross: Visions of Hope and Survival . ISBN 0-8050-6228-9
• 2004 - Ted Levin , Liquid Land: A Journey Through The Florida Everglades . ISBN 0-8203-2512-0
• 2005 - Robin Wall Kimmerer , Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses . ISBN 0-87071-499-6
• 2006 - Donald Kroodsma , The Singing Life of Birds . ISBN 0-618-40568-2
• 2007 - Ellen Meloy , Eating Stone . ISBN 0-375-42216-1
• 2008 - Julia Whitty , The Fragile Edge: Diving and Other Adventures in the South Pacific . ISBN 978-0-618-19716-3
• 2009 - Franklin Burroughs , Confluence: Merrymeeting Bay . ISBN 978-0-88448-282-6
• 2010 - Michael Welland , Sand: The Never-Ending Story . ISBN 978-0-520-26597-4
• 2011 - Elisabeth Tova Bailey , The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating . ISBN 978-1-4915-8991-5
• 2012 - Edward Hoagland , Sex and the River Styx . ISBN 978-1-60358-337-4
• 2013 - Thor Hanson , Feathers: The Evolution of a Natural Miracle . ISBN 978-0-465-02878-8
• 2014 - Kathleen Jamie , Sightlines: A Conversation with the Natural World . ISBN 978-1-61519-083-6

Web links

• John Burroughs Association website