LEADER 00000cam 2200481Ii 4500 001 ocn870285711 003 OCoLC 005 20150408034848.0 008 140207s2014 nyuabf b 001 0 eng d 015 GBB497357|2bnb 016 7 016863461|2Uk 019 869905799 020 9781620405369|qpaperback 020 1620405369|qpaperback 035 (OCoLC)870285711|z(OCoLC)869905799 040 BTCTA|beng|erda|cBTCTA|dBDX|dTDF|dYDXCP|dUKMGB|dDYJ|dOCLCQ |dNLE|dOCLCO|dRNC|dOCLCQ|dGG4|dNHM|dOCLCF|dS1C 049 CKEA 050 14 QL696.C6|bG74 2014 082 04 598.168 092 598.1680 100 1 Greenberg, Joel|q(Joel R.),|eauthor. 245 12 A feathered river across the sky :|bthe passenger pigeon's flight to extinction /|cJoel Greenberg. 264 1 New York :|bBloomsbury Publishing,|c2014. 300 xiii, 289 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : |billustrations (some color), maps ;|c21 cm 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-274) and index. 505 00 |tLife of the wanderer --|tMy blood shall be your blood : Indians and passenger pigeons --|tA legacy of awe -- |tPigeons as provisions to pigeons as products --|tMeans of destruction --|tProfiles in killing --|tThe tempest was spent : the last great nestings --|tFlights to the finish --|tMartha and her kin : the captive flocks --|tExtinction and beyond --|tAppendix: A passenger pigeon miscellany. 520 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. 650 0 Passenger pigeon. 650 0 Extinct birds. 650 7 Extinct birds.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00918958 650 7 Passenger pigeon.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01054377 994 92|bCKE
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