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Written by Ireland's greatest field botanist and first published in 1937, Robert Praeger's personal tour of Ireland's natural wonders has had a greater influence on Irish naturalists than any other book. It represents five years of weekends spent walking the countryside (some 5,000 miles), swimming through flooded caverns, staying out all night on islands, sifting fossil bones, and exploring cattle-tramped tombs. That was when conservation was still in the future, farmers welcomed rambling strangers, bogs were intact, bungalows, cars, ESB poles and chainsaws were absent, and the countryside was largely tourist-free. Praeger's journey becan in Donegal and ended in Kerry. Along the way he discovered much, including the passage tombs of Carrowkeel in Sligo, which he was the first to enter. The Way that I Went is an absolute must for lovers of natural history. ""The author offers his observations on not only the Emerald Isle's flora but also its animal life, geology, archaeology, and more...Still one of the best titles on the subject.""--Library Journal.
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Robert Lloyd Praeger, born in County Down in 1865, was educated at Queen's College Belfast. He worked at the National Library for over thirty years and was Librarian from 1920 to 1924 and later President of the Royal Irish Academy 1931 - 1934. Best known as a botanist, his earliest researches were on geology and archaeology. His books include Natural History of Ireland, A Populous Solitude and Some Irish Naturalists. He died in 1953.
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Praeger was one of Ireland's premier botanists. With this volume, released in 1937, the author offers his observations on not only the Emerald Isle's flora but also its animal life, geology, archaeology, and more. Reproduced to mark the 60th anniversary of its original publication, this edition includes a new introduction that puts the book in context to contemporary issues. Still one of the best titles on the subject.
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