Spare the birds!
George Bird Grinnell and the first Audubon Society
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Author
Contributions
- Grinnell, George Bird, 1849-1938, author - Contributor
Publication
2016 - Yale University Press, Connecticut
Language
English
Word Count
82,000 words, Guess
Page Count
328 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-100300215452
- ISBN-139780300215458
- Library of Congress Control Number2016933636
- OCLC Control Number939994065
- Better World Books9780300215458
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL27216399M
Classifications
- DDC598.06/073
- LCCQL676.55 .M47 2016
- LCCQL672.7
Alternate Titles
- George Bird Grinnell and the first Audubon Society
Description
"In 1887, a year after founding the Audubon Society, explorer and conservationist George Bird Grinnell launched Audubon Magazine. The magazine constituted one of the first efforts to preserve bird species decimated by the women's hat trade, hunting, and loss of habitat. Within two years, however, for practical reasons, Grinnell dissolved both the magazine and the society. Remarkably, Grinnell's mission was soon revived by women and men who believed in it, and the work continues today. In this, the only comprehensive history of the first Audubon Society (1886-1889), Carolyn Merchant presents the exceptional story of George Bird Grinnell and his writings and legacy. The book features Grinnell's biographies of ornithologists John James Audubon and Alexander Wilson and his editorials and descriptions of Audubon's bird paintings. This primary documentation combined with Carolyn Merchant's insightful analysis casts new light on Grinnell, the origins of the first Audubon Society, and the conservation of avifauna"--Jacket.
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