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"The definitive biography of the father of American conservation vigorously narrates the United States' early endeavors to save its great frontier. 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. Yet today his name has been forgotten--an…
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3 editions- Audiobook · English · 2019HighBridge Audio · 9781684570744
- Other · English · 2019Liveright Publishing Corporation · 9781631490149
- Other · English · 2019Liveright Publishing Corporation · 624 pages · 9781631490132
Grinnell, george bird, 1849-1938Natural history, united statesNaturalistsConservationistsWest (u.s.), historyNew York Times reviewedNatural historyHistory