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Greenberg, Joel (Joel R.)
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Passenger pigeon.
Extinct birds.
Extinct animals.
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A feathered river across the sky : the passenger pigeon's flight to extinction / Joel Greenberg.
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Greenberg, Joel (Joel R.)
New York : Bloomsbury, 2014.
Subjects
Passenger pigeon.
Extinct birds.
Extinct animals.
ISBN:
9781620405345 (hbk. : alk. paper)
1620405342 (hbk. : alk. paper)
Description:
xiii, 289 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
Edition:
First U.S. edition.
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 -- Appendix: A passenger pigeon miscellany.
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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.
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Aina Haina Public Library
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598.168 Gr
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