Tuesday, April 14, 2009

National Library Week: Look what we found in the library!


A big sturgeon!

Here some titles on sturgeon that you can take home with you.

Fishes of Wisconsin Field Guide
By David Bosanko
Cambridge, MN: Adventure Publications, Inc., 2007.
Wisconsin’s Water Library call number: 281489

Consuming Nature: Environmentalism in the Fox River Valley , 1850-1950
By Gregory Summers
Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas, 2006.
Wisconsin’s Water Library call number: 201668

The Philosopher Fish: Sturgeon, caviar, and the geography of desire
By Richard Adams Carey
New York: Counterpoint, 2005.
Wisconsin’s Water Library call number: 281496

Fishing the Great Lakes: An environmental history, 1783-1933
By Margaret Beattie Bogue
Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 2000.
Wisconsin’s Water Library call number: 281026

Fishes of Wisconsin
By George C. Becker
Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1983.
Wisconsin’s Water Library call number: 281010

Fish Spawning Grounds in Wisconsin Waters of the Great Lakes
By Catherine E. Coberly and Ross M. Horrall
Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute, 1980.
Wisconsin’s Water Library call number: 280405

If you are a Wisconsin resident, please use Wisconsin's Water Library book request form. If you are UW-Madison student, faculty or staff, please request books through MadCat.

Look for People of the Sturgeon: A love affair with an ancient fish to be published in October. An expanded reading list on sturgeon coming soon!