| Edition |
First edition. |
| Physical Description |
xvi, 606 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: evolution and extinction -- Audubon Park -- Member of the class -- The Yale expedition -- A wild gallop -- The Black Hills -- A nation's park -- Age of surprises -- Thorough sportsman -- No tenderfoot he -- Dear partner -- The Audubon Society -- The rock climbers -- Fair chase -- Ghost dance -- Sacred range -- Standing menace -- The ceded strip -- A plank -- Diverse voices -- Eclipse of memory -- The Alaska expedition -- Indians of To-day -- Winning of the west -- The captured woman -- Temporary sojourners -- Pulverizing engine -- Stuyvesant Square -- Break the old habit -- Undue destruction -- Fighting Cheyennes -- The National Park Service -- All this better work -- A complex life -- Melting rapidly -- A strong strand -- Epilogue: do more good. |
| Summary |
"George Bird Grinnell, the son of a New York merchant, saw a different future for a nation in the thrall of the Industrial Age. With railroads scarring virgin lands and the formerly vast buffalo herds decimated, the country faced a crossroads: Could it pursue Manifest Destiny without destroying its natural bounty and beauty? The alarm that Grinnell sounded would spark America's conservation movement" -- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Grinnell, George Bird, 1849-1938.
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Natural history -- West (U.S.)
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West (U.S.) -- History -- 1860-1890.
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West (U.S.) -- History -- 1890-1945.
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Naturalists -- United States -- Biography.
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Conservationists -- United States -- Biography.
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Biographies.
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