A Feathered River Across the Sky
The Passenger Pigeon's Flight to Extinction
New York : Bloomsbury, 2014.
Format: Book
Edition: First U.S. edition.
Description: xiii, 289 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Naturalist Joel Greenberg relates how the pigeons' propensity to nest, roost, and fly together in vast numbers made them vulnerable to unremitting market and recreational hunting. His cautionary tale provides a close look at what happens when species and natural resources are not harvested sustainably.
Contents:
Life of the wanderer -- My blood shall be your blood : indians and passenger pigeons -- A legacy of awe -- Pigeons as provisions to pigeons as products -- Means of destruction -- Profiles in killing -- The tempest was spent : the last great nestings -- Flights to the finish -- Martha and her kin : the captive flocks -- Extinction and beyond -- A passenger pigeon miscellany.
ISBN:
9781620405345 (hbk. : alk. paper)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
ANIMALS Conserve Gre | Main (Downtown) | Available by placing a hold, Repository - Adult | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-274) and index.