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The race to save the Lord God Bird

Title

The race to save the Lord God Bird / Phillip Hoose.

Author

Hoose, Phillip M., 1947-

Publication

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, c2004.

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Description

196 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Summary

Tells the story of the ivory-billed woodpecker's extinction in the United States, describing the encounters between this species and humans, and discussing what these encounters have taught us about preserving endangered creatures.

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"Melanie Kroupa Books."

Contents

Introduction: Bird of the sixth wave -- Prologue: Hostage - February 1809 -- Specimen 60803 - February 2002 -- Audubon on the ivory-billed Frontier - 1820-1835 -- "Road to wealth leads through the south" - 1865-1900 -- Two collectors - 1892-1894 -- Plume war - 1870-1920 -- Learning to Think like a bird - 1914-1934 -- Shooting with a mike - 1935 -- Camp Ephilus - 1935 -- Wanted: America's Rarest bird - 1937-1939 -- Last ivory-bill forest - December 1937-October 1938 -- Race to save the lord god bird - 1941-1943 -- Visiting with Eternity - 1943-1944 -- Carpintero real: Between science and magic - 1985-1987 -- Return of the ghost bird? - 1986-2002 -- Maps: Collapsing forest -- Mapping the loss of ivory-bill habitat -- Epilogue: Hope, hard work, and a crow named Betty - Twenty-first century and beyond -- Important dates for the protection of birds, especially the ivory-billed woodpecker -- Glossary -- Sources -- Acknowledgments -- Picture credits -- Index.

Call Number

JFF 05-1042

ISBN

0374361738

LCCN

2003049049

OCLC

52593996

Author

Hoose, Phillip M., 1947-

Title

The race to save the Lord God Bird / Phillip Hoose.

Imprint

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, c2004.

Edition

1st ed.

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JFF 05-1042

JSE 06-495

J 598.72 H

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