Sy Montgomery
Auteur van The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness
Over de Auteur
Sy Montgomery was born on February 7, 1958 in Frankfurt, Germany. She is a 1979 graduate of Syracuse University, a triple major with dual degrees in Magazine Journalism from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and in French Language and Literature and in Psychology from the College of toon meer Arts and Sciences. She was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Keene State College in 2004, and an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Franklin Pierce University and also from Southern New Hampshire University in 2011. Montgomery is a naturalist. She is an author, and scriptwriter. Her most popular book, The Good Good Pig, is a memoir of her life with her pig, Christopher Hogwood. The book became listed on the New York Times bestseller list in 2015. How to be a Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals was published in September 2018. Her other notable titles include Journey of the Pink Dolphins, Spell of the Tiger, and Search for the Golden Moon Bear. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
Fotografie: Sy Montgomery visits Sam Marshall's tarantula lab.
Werken van Sy Montgomery
The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness (2015) 2,313 exemplaren
Temple Grandin: How the Girl Who Loved Cows Embraced Autism and Changed the World (2012) 482 exemplaren
Birdology: Adventures with a Pack of Hens, a Peck of Pigeons, Cantankerous Crows, Fierce Falcons, Hip Hop Parrots, Baby… (2010) 266 exemplaren
Saving the Ghost of the Mountain: An Expedition Among Snow Leopards in Mongolia (2009) 188 exemplaren
Of Time and Turtles: Mending a Stalled and Broken World, Shell by Shattered Shell (2023) 134 exemplaren
Search for the Golden Moon Bear: Science and Adventure in Pursuit of a New Species (2000) 84 exemplaren
Nature's Everyday Mysteries: A Field Guide to the World in your Backyard (The Curious Naturalist) (1993) 41 exemplaren
Seasons of the Wild: A Year of Nature's Magic and Mysteries (The Curious Naturalist Series) (1996) 26 exemplaren
The Sign of the Octopus 1 exemplaar
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Algemene kennis
- Geboortedatum
- 1958-02-07
- Geslacht
- female
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Woonplaatsen
- Hancock, New Hampshire, USA
- Opleiding
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
Westfield High School, Westfield, New Jersey, USA - Beroepen
- journalist
author
naturalist
documentary maker
radio commentator - Relaties
- Mansfield, Howard (husband)
- Korte biografie
- The Boston Globe called her "a cross between Indiana Jones and Emily Dickinson."
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Saving the Ghost of the Mountain: An Expedition Among Snow Leopards in Mongolia (Life Science – 2010)
Quest for the Tree Kangaroo: An Expedition to the Cloud Forest of New Guinea (Science-Related Careers – 2007)
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Every animal lover should read this. It’s beautiful, heartfelt, and styled unlike any other memoir I’ve read. I now want to go buy my kids every one of Sy Montgomery’s children’s books, and I’m feeling kind of inspired to write some of my own anecdotes from life on a farm.… (meer)