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Grinnell : America's environmental pioneer and his restless drive to save the West / John Taliaferro.

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ISBN: 9781631490132
ISBN: 1631490133
Physical Description: xvi, 606 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2019]

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction: Evolution and extinction -- Part one: Boy hunter (1849-1876). Audubon Park ; Member of the class ; The Yale Expedition ; A wild gallop ; The Black Hills ; A nation's park -- Part two: Natural historian (1876-1886). Age of surprises ; Thorough sportsman ; No tenderfoot he ; Dear partner -- Part three: Preservation, reservation (1886-1897). The Audubon Society ; The rock climbers ; Fair chase ; Ghost Dance ; Sacred range ; Standing menace ; The ceded strip ; A plank ; Diverse voices -- Part four: American anthropologist (1897-1902). Eclipse of memory ; The Alaska expedition ; Indians of to-day ; Winning of the West -- Part five: Mr. and Mrs. Grinnell (1902-1911). The captured woman ; Temporary sojourners ; Pulverizing engine ; Stuyvesant Square -- Part six: Principled pragmatist (1911-1919) ; Break the old habit ; Undue destruction ; Fighting Cheyennes ; The National Park Service -- Part seven: Gray guardian (1919-1938). All this better work ; A complex life ; Melting rapidly ; A strong strand -- Epilogue: Do more good.
Language Note:	Text in English.