Grinnell : America's environmental pioneer and his restless drive to save the West / John Taliaferro...
Grinnell : America's environmental pioneer and his restless drive to save the West / John Taliaferro...
Grinnell : America's environmental pioneer and his restless drive to save the West / John Taliaferro.
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Publisher
New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2019]
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G 2020/0718
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Language
English
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Physical content
xvi, 606 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction: Evolution and extinction -- Part one: Boy hunter (1849-1876). Audubon Park ; Member of the class ; The Yale Expedition ; A wild gallop ; The Black Hills ; A nation's park -- Part two: Natural historian (1876-1886). Age of surprises ; Thorough sportsman ; No tenderfoot he ; Dear partner...
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Publisher
New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2019]
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2019]
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Summary
"The definitive biography of the father of American conservation vigorously narrates the United States' early endeavors to save its great frontier. George Bird Grinnell, the son of a New York merchant, saw a different future for a nation in the thrall of the Industrial Age. With railroads scarring virgin lands and the formerly vast buffalo herds de...
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Grinnell : America's environmental pioneer and his restless drive to save the West / John Taliaferro.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Text in English.
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G 2020/0718
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74VKaZaQPDzd
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ISBN
1631490133 hardcover
9781631490132 hardcover
DDC
508.78
MMS ID
991024290908502626
