A message from Martha : the extinction of the passenger pigeon and its relevance today
Avery, Mark (Mark I.)2015
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September 1st, 2014 sees the centenary of one of the best-documented extinctions in history - the demise of the Passenger Pigeon. From being the commonest bird on the planet 50 years earlier, the species became extinct with the death in Cincinatti Zoo of Martha, the last of her kind. This book marks the centenary of that tragic event. Built around the framework of a visit to the pigeon's former haunts in eastern North America by author Mark Avery, it tells the tale of the pigeon, and of Martha, and explores the largely untold story of the ecological annihilation of this part of America in the years between the end of the US Civil War and 1900.
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Author:
Avery, Mark (Mark I.), author
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury, 2015.
Collation:
304 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2014.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781472906274 (pbk)
Dewey class:
333.9522
LC class:
QL696.C6
Language:
English
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BRN:
905599
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