Bibliograph

The race to save the Lord God Bird, Phillip Hoose

Type

Label

The race to save the Lord God Bird, Phillip Hoose

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-184) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Intended audience

1150L, Lexile

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The race to save the Lord God Bird

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Oclc number

861521296

Responsibility statement

Phillip Hoose

Summary

Tells the story of the ivory-billed woodpecker's extinction in the United States, describing the encounters between this species and humans, and discussing what these encounters have taught us about preserving endangered creatures

Table Of Contents

Introduction: Bird of the sixth wave -- Prologue: Hostage - February 1809 -- Specimen 60803 - February 2002 -- Audubon on the ivory-billed Frontier - 1820-1835 -- "Road to wealth leads through the south" - 1865-1900 -- Two collectors - 1892-1894 -- Plume war - 1870-1920 -- Learning to Think like a bird - 1914-1934 -- Shooting with a mike - 1935 -- Camp Ephilus - 1935 -- Wanted: America's Rarest bird - 1937-1939 -- Last ivory-bill forest - December 1937-October 1938 -- Race to save the lord god bird - 1941-1943 -- Visiting with Eternity - 1943-1944 -- Carpintero real: Between science and magic - 1985-1987 -- Return of the ghost bird? - 1986-2002 -- Maps: Collapsing forest -- Mapping the loss of ivory-bill habitat -- Epilogue: Hope, hard work, and a crow named Betty - Twenty-first century and beyond -- Important dates for the protection of birds, especially the ivory-billed woodpecker -- Glossary -- Sources -- Acknowledgments -- Picture credits -- Index

Target audience

juvenile

Classification