The Windward Road

1956 book by Archie Carr

The Windward Road: Adventures of a Naturalist on Remote Caribbean Shores

Author| Archie Carr
Genre| Non-fiction; Nature Writing; Science Writing

Publication date

| 1956, by Knopf (US)
1957, by Robert Hale (UK)
Publication place| United States
Pages| 277
ISBN| 978-0-8130-0639-0

The Windward Road: Adventures of a Naturalist on Remote Caribbean Shores was written by Archie Carr and originally published in 1956.[1] It is an account of Carr's travels around the Caribbean to study sea turtles and their migratory and behavior patterns,[2] especially Kemp's ridley, a species about which little was known at the time.[3] This book led to the formation of The Brotherhood of the Green Turtle, which later became the Caribbean Conservation Corporation, and is now known as the Sea Turtle Conservancy.[3][4] It was awarded the 1957 John Burroughs Medal[5] for nature writing, which is awarded annually by the American Museum of Natural History. The chapter entitled "The Black Beach", originally published in Mademoiselle, won a 1956 O. Henry Award.[4][6]

## References

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1. ^ The University of Florida Press, http://www.upf.com/book.asp?id=CARRXS79
2. ^ This Goodly Land Author Information for Archie Fairly Carr, Jr.
3. ^ a b Marine Turtle Newsletter, Book Review, http://www.seaturtle.org/mtn/archives/mtn15/mtn15p10.shtml
4. ^ a b The Sea Turtle Conservancy: Archie Carr Tribute, http://www.conserveturtles.org/about.php?page=carr
5. ^ John Burroughs Medal Award List, http://research.amnh.org/burroughs/medal_award_list.html
6. ^ Random House Winners List: 1919-2000, http://www.randomhouse.com/boldtype/ohenry/0900/winners1919.html

## External links

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* The Windward Road. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. 2013. ISBN 978-0-307-83211-5; 256 pages`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: postscript (link)