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Lee Allen Peterson

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Lee Allen Peterson was a naturalist, artist, botanist and non-fiction writer.

Naturalist Lee Allen Peterson is the author of A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants of Eastern and Central North America, a leading reference in survivalist foraging and cooking with wild plants. The book is illustrated with photographs by Peterson, as well as line drawings by both him and his father, Roger Tory Peterson.

Lee Allen Peterson studied natural science at Johns Hopkins University.

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