Bibliograph

A feathered river across the sky, the passenger pigeon's flight to extinction, Joel Greenberg

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A feathered river across the sky, the passenger pigeon's flight to extinction, Joel Greenberg

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-274) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A feathered river across the sky

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

849210339

Responsibility statement

Joel Greenberg

Sub title

the passenger pigeon's flight to extinction

Summary

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

Table Of Contents

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

Target audience

adult

resource.variantTitle

Passenger pigeon's flight to extinction

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