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The Race to Save the Lord God Bird

The Race to Save the Lord God Bird( )
Author: Hoose, Phillip
ISBN:978-0-374-30035-7
Publication Date:Aug 2014
Publisher:Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Imprint:Farrar, Straus & Giroux (BYR)
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $24.99
Book Description:

The tragedy of extinction is explained through the dramatic story of a legendary bird, the Ivory-billed Woodpecker, and of those who tried to possess it, paint it, shoot it, sell it, and, in a last-ditch effort, save it. A powerful saga that sweeps through two hundred years of history, it introduces artists like John James Audubon, bird collectors like William Brewster, and finally a new breed of scientist in Cornell's Arthur A. "Doc" Allen and his young ornithology student, James...
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Book Details
Pages:224
Detailed Subjects: Juvenile Nonfiction / Animals / Endangered
Juvenile Nonfiction / Animals / Birds
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):8.91 x 9.72 x 0.78 Inches
Book Weight:2.09 Pounds



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