The most defiant devil : William Temple Hornaday and his controversial crusade to save American wildlife /

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The late nineteenth and early twentieth century were a brutal time for American wildlife, with many species pushed to the brink of extinction. (Some are endangered to this day.) And yet these decades also saw the dawn of the conservationist movement. Into this contradictory era came William Temple H...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dehler, Gregory J., 1968-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, [2013]
Temas:
Hornaday, William T. > (William Temple), > 1854-1937.
Hornaday, William T. > (William Temple), > 1854-1937
Naturalists > United States > Biography.
Zoologists > United States > Biography.
Wildlife conservationists > United States > Biography.
Naturalistes > États-Unis > Biographies.
Zoologistes > États-Unis > Biographies.
Défenseurs de la faune > États-Unis > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > General.
NATURE > Animals > General.
NATURE > Animals > Wildlife.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > General.
SCIENCE > History.
Naturalists
Wildlife conservationists
Zoologists
United States
Biographies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Iowa farm boy
  • Collecting hunter and naturalist
  • Stuffed and living animals
  • Director of the Bronx Zoo
  • Campfires and conservation
  • Our vanishing wildlife
  • The great war
  • Fighting the establishment
  • Fighting to the end.

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