| The Windward Road: Adventures of a Naturalist on Remote Caribbean Shores | |
| Author: | Archie Carr |
| Pages: | 277 |
| Country: | United States |
| Genre: | Non-fiction |
| Release Date: | 1956, by Knopf (US) 1957, by Robert Hale (UK) |
| 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]