Birds
Race to Save the Lord God Bird
(Ages 12-14)
Author:
Hoose, Phillip
Isbn 13:
9780374361730
ISBN: 0374361738
Pub Date:
Aug 1, 2004
Publisher:
FARRAR,STRAUS,AND GIROUX,INC.
Shipping Weight: 2.40 pounds
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For thousands of years, the majestic Ivory-billed Woodpecker reigned over the dark emerald forests that once carpeted the bottomlands of America's broad southern rivers. But even in the 1800s, this species was beginning to dissapear. A century later, it was presumed extinct. What happened? With lively prose, illuminating showdowns, and meticulous research, Hoose explores the tragedy of extinction. He probes our evolving attitudes toward understanding species and protecting habitat, prompting Pulitzer Prize-winning Harvard biologist E. O. Wilson to say: This is a marvelous book for young and old alike ... a tribute to a legendary animal and the nobility in the human spirit.
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