Mice in the Freezer, Owls on the Porch: The Lives of Naturalists Frederick and Frances Hamerstrom

Drawing on the papers and letters of a quiet scientist and his flamboyant wife, reminiscences of contemporaries, and her own long friendship with this couple, Corneli (professor emerita of English, the University of Wisconsin) follows the lives of Fran and Hammy from their childhoods through their romantic, creative, and scientific relationship. Their story sheds light on the history of conservation over the course of the 20th century, particularly in Wisconsin from the 1920s through the 1970s. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR