A feathered river across the sky : the passenger pigeon's flight to extinction / Joel Greenberg.
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 sustainab...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Bloomsbury,
[2014]
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| Edition: | First U.S. edition. |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 289 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm |
| Variant Title: |
Passenger pigeon's flight to extinction. |
| Format: | Book |
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| 245 | 1 | 2 | |a A feathered river across the sky : |b the passenger pigeon's flight to extinction / |c Joel Greenberg. |
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| 250 | |a First U.S. edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a New York : |b Bloomsbury, |c [2014] | |
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| 300 | |a xiii, 289 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : |b illustrations (some color), maps ; |c 25 cm | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a 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 -- A passenger pigeon miscellany. | |
| 520 | |a 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. | ||
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| 650 | 0 | |a Extinct birds. |0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85014331 | |
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| 650 | 7 | |a Passenger pigeon. |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst01054377. | |
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