Description |
xiii, 289 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 21 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-274) and index. |
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. |
Summary |
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. |
Subject |
Passenger pigeon.
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Extinct birds.
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Extinct birds. (OCoLC)fst00918958
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Passenger pigeon. (OCoLC)fst01054377
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ISBN |
9781620405369 paperback |
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1620405369 paperback |
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