Wildlife Author
As a writer, Frances Hamerstrom's presented researched science for general readers. Among her books are:
- An Eagle to the Sky (1970)
- Birds of Prey in Wisconsin (1972)
- Is She Coming Too?: Memoirs of a Lady Hunter (1989)
- Strictly for the Chickens (1980)
- Walk When the Moon is Full (1975)
In 1992, Frances Hamerstrom received the Notable Wisconsin Authors Award from the Wisconsin Library Association.
Frances Hamerstrom was also known as a cook, publishing a wild game cookbook near the end of her life. Her secret for pie crusts was the use of bear lard, and her readers occasionally sent her bear lard as a by-product of their own hunting experiences. Wildfoods Cookbook: From the Fields and Forests of the Great Lakes States was published in 1994, when she was 84, and illustrated by her daughter, Elva Hamerstrom.
By training hundreds of research assistants (nicknamed "gabboons") and by writing formal scientific papers and informal books, Hamerstrom and her husband inspired students. The Prairie Grouse Technical Council and the Raptor Research Foundation offer lifetime achievement awards in the name of Fran and Frederick Hamerstrom.
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