Grinnell : America's environmental pioneer and his restless drive to save the West

Taliaferro, John, 1952- author.

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"George Bird Grinnell -- the man whose prophetic vision did nothing less than launch American conservation. He was the son of a New York merchant, who saw a different future for a nation in the thrall of the Industrial Age. With railroads scarring virgin lands and the formerly vast buffalo herds decimated, the country faced a crossroads: Could it pursue Manifest Destiny without destroying its natural bounty and beauty? The alarm that Grinnell sou...

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Grinnell, George Bird, 1849-1938

Natural history West (U.S.)

Naturalists United States Biography

West (U.S.) History 1860-1890

West (U.S.) History 1890-1945

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ISBN:

9781631490132
1631490133

Edition:

First edition

Description:

xi, 606 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

Introduction: Evolution and extinction
Part one: Boy hunter (1849-1876). Audubon Park ; Member of the class ; The Yale Expedition ; A wild gallop ; The Black Hills ; A nation's park
Part two: Natural historian (1876-1886). Age of surprises ; Thorough sportsman ; No tenderfoot he ; Dear partner
Part three: Preservation, reservation (1886-1897). The Audubon Society ; The rock climbers ; Fair chase ; Ghost Dance ; Sacred range ; Standing menace ; The ceded strip ; A plank ; Diverse voices
Part four: American anthropologist (1897-1902). Eclipse of memory ; The Alaska expedition ; Indians of to-day ; Winning of the West
Part five: Mr. and Mrs. Grinnell (1902-1911). The captured woman ; Temporary sojourners ; Pulverizing engine ; Stuyvesant Square
Part six: Principled pragmatist (1911-1919) ; Break the old habit ; Undue destruction ; Fighting Cheyennes ; The National Park Service
Part seven: Gray guardian (1919-1938). All this better work ; A complex life ; Melting rapidly ; A strong strand
Epilogue: Do more good

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2019002370

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2824639

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