"First published in 1993 by Faber and Faber Limited ... London"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-309) and index.

Peter Scott, son of the Antarctic explorer Captain Scott, fulfilled many times over his father's dying wish that he should become 'a strenuous man'. A championship-class skater, dinghy-racer and glider pilot as well as an accomplished painter, Scott's abiding passion was for wildlife. He travelled the world, hunting and painting rare birds, then gave up shooting to found the WildFowl Trust and later co-found the World Wildlife Fund. His campaigns and television programmes awakened the world to the damage being inflicted on the natural enviroment.