In Search of the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker

In Search of the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker
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Publisher : Harper Perennial
Total Pages : 304
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ISBN-10 : 0060891556
ISBN-13 : 9780060891558
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Book Synopsis In Search of the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker by : Jerome A. Jackson

Download or read book In Search of the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker written by Jerome A. Jackson and published by Harper Perennial. This book was released on 2006-05-09 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Search of the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker is a complete natural history of one of the most exciting and rare birds in the world. Noted ornithologist Jerome A. Jackson takes the reader on his fantastic and personal quest, providing detailed insights into the bird's lifestyle, habitat, and cultural significance, examining its iconic status from the late 1800s to the present in advertising, conservation, and lore. As he relates searches for the bird by John James Audubon, Alexander Wilson, and others, Jackson offers anecdotal tales illuminating the methods of early naturalists, including how one captive ivory-bill destroyed a naturalist's hotel room in a desperate attempt to escape. Jackson's search for one of the few remaining ivory-bills takes him across the United States and into Cuba. A new epilogue disputes the putative rediscovery of the bird in April 2005.


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