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LEADER: 02457cam 2200481Ii 4500
001 ocn870285711
003 OCoLC
005 20220113132354.0
008 140207s2014 nyuabf b 001 0 eng d
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050 14 $aQL696.C6$bG74 2014
082 04 $a598.168
100 1 $aGreenberg, Joel$q(Joel R.),$eauthor.
245 12 $aA feathered river across the sky :$bthe passenger pigeon's flight to extinction /$cJoel Greenberg.
264 1 $aNew York :$bBloomsbury Publishing,$c2014.
300 $axiii, 289 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations (some color), maps ;$c21 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 261-274) and index.
505 00 $tLife of the wanderer --$tMy blood shall be your blood : Indians and passenger pigeons --$tA legacy of awe --$tPigeons as provisions to pigeons as products --$tMeans of destruction --$tProfiles in killing --$tThe tempest was spent : the last great nestings --$tFlights to the finish --$tMartha and her kin : the captive flocks --$tExtinction and beyond --$tAppendix: A passenger pigeon miscellany.
520 $aNaturalist 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.
650 0 $aPassenger pigeon.
650 0 $aExtinct birds.
650 7 $aExtinct birds.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00918958
650 7 $aPassenger pigeon.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01054377
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