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Mr. Hornaday's war

how a peculiar Victorian zookeeper waged a lonely crusade for wildlife that changed the world

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An edition of Mr. Hornaday's war (2012)

Mr. Hornaday's war

how a peculiar Victorian zookeeper waged a lonely crusade for wildlife that changed the world

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Beacon Press
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English

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Subjects

Zoo keepers, Wildlife conservationists, Wildlife conservation, Political and social views, Zoologists, Taxidermists, Game protection, Biography, History, Hornaday, william temple, 1854-1937, Taxidermy

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William T. Hornaday (1854-1937)

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United States
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Cover of: Mr. Hornaday's War
Mr. Hornaday's War: How a Peculiar Victorian Zookeeper Waged a Lonely Crusade for Wildlife That Changed the World
2013, Beacon Press
in English
Cover of: Mr. Hornaday's War
Mr. Hornaday's War: How a Peculiar Victorian Zookeeper Waged a Lonely Crusade for Wildlife That Changed the World
2012, Beacon Press
in English
Cover of: Mr. Hornaday's war
Mr. Hornaday's war: how a peculiar Victorian zookeeper waged a lonely crusade for wildlife that changed the world
2012, Beacon Press
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Table of Contents

Prologue: The Fear
pt. 1. The Awakening
His Name Was Dauntless
A Melancholy Insanity
The Second Civil War
Souvenir of a Lost World
The Last Buffalo Hunt
A Mysterious Stranger
A Nobility beyond All Compare
pt. 2. The Heedless Hunter
Explorations and Adventures in Equatorial Africa
Yearning, too much, for Fame
The Empress Josephine
Man-Eaters of the Anaimlai Hills
Darwin's Firestorm
"A Thief in the Night"
A Dream Deferred
Scandal at the Zoo
pt. 3. Wildlife Warrior
The Dark Shadow
Empire of the Buffalo
Our Vanishing Wildlife
Two Hundred Years of War
Epilogue: His Indomitable Persistence.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Boston
Other Titles
Mister Hornaday's war

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Dewey Decimal Class
590.92, B
Library of Congress
QL31.H67 B43 2012, QL31.H67B43 2012

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Pagination
p. cm.

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OL25132167M
Internet Archive
mrhornadayswarho0000bech
ISBN 13
9780807006351
LCCN
2011048450
OCLC/WorldCat
753624790

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