Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-265) and index
Contents:
Part one : Victims of the past. Explorers and pioneers : America until 1800 The westward sweep, 1800 to 1880 Dead as a dodo Some came back : the start of wildlife conservation, 1880 to 1920 The developing science of wildlife management, 1920 to 1940 On the brink The growing environmental crisis, 1940 to 1963 Politics and the environment, 1963 to 1993 Part two : Possible victims of the future. The never-ending war against the predators The hoofed mammals Whales, vanishing giants of the sea Other marine mammals Hard-pressed birds of prey and parrots Waterfowl, game, and wading birds Even the fall of a sparrow Endangered reptiles and amphibians Clean waters and fish Butterflies and other invertebrates Humanity, an endangered species
