| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
196 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Note |
"Melanie Kroupa Books." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-184) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: A bird of the sixth wave -- Prologue: The hostage - February 1809 -- Specimen 60803 - February 2002 -- Audubon on the ivory-billed Frontier - 1820-1835 -- "The road to wealth leads through the south" - 1865-1900 -- Two collectors - 1892-1894 -- The 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 -- The last ivory-bill forest - December 1937-October 1938 -- The 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: The 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. |
| Summary |
Tells the story of the ivory-billed woodpecker's decline in the United States, describing the encounters between this species and humans, and discussing what these encounters have taught us about preserving endangered species and habitat. |
| Awards |
A Junior Library Guild selection. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning UG 7.9 9 |
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Accelerated Reader AR UG 7.9 9.0 79030. |
| Subject |
Ivory-billed woodpecker -- Juvenile literature.
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Endangered species -- Juvenile literature.
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Ivory-billed woodpecker.
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Woodpeckers.
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Endangered species.
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| ISBN |
0374361738 hardcover $20.00 |
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