1955, First Edition, Second Printing. Hardcover in very good condition without dust jacket. The Record of a 30,000 Mile Journey Around the Continent by a Distinguished Naturalist and His British Colleague. In 1953, birding guru Roger Tory Peterson and noted British naturalist James Fisher set out on what became a legendary journey-a one hundred day trek over 30,000 miles around North America. They traveled from Newfoundland to Florida, deep into the heart of Mexico, through the Southwest, the Pacific Northwest, and into Alaska's Pribilof Islands. Two years later, Wild America, their classic account of the trip, was published.