Wildlife In America
by Matthiessen, Peter
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New York: Viking, 1959. In Near Fine condition. Green cloth quarterbound in tan buckram. The spine is stamped in green and gilt; the decorative front board in gray. Quarto. 'Totems of The Plains Indians' endpapers (by George Catlin). 304pps., with numerous line drawings plus 8 pages of color plates and 16 pages of monochrome plates. No dustjacket. There is a tidy gift inscription on the ffep and a smudge, small and quite faint, on the fore-edge, otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. A very nice copy, sans jacket, of the author's third book.
"...To the large body of literature dealing with the natural life of North America this book is a unique contribution. It is the first comprehensive history of American wildlife, from the time of the white man's arrival in the New World to the present. To fashion this valuable and fascinating chronicle, Peter Matthiessen has studied the accounts of explorers, settlers, and naturalists from the time of the first records. He tells of the great auk and of many other creatures, of how they vanished and where and why, and what is now being done that North America may not become a wasteland of man's creation, in which no wild thing can live.
The book follows the tide of white settlement as it moved from the eastern seaboard in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, across the rivers, plains, and mountains to the Pacific. It tells of the fur trappers and whalers, the market hunters and the spoilers. Never before in a single volume has the story of our continent's original inhabitants been told with such dramatic detail and illustration..."
Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. . First Edition. Illus. by Hines, Bob. PETER MATTHIESSEN WILDLIFE IN AMERICA FIRST EDITIONS NATURE ANIMALS ZOOLOGY CONSERVATION ENVIRONMENT AMERICAN HISTORY NATURALISTS ENVIRONMENTALISM ENDANGERED SPECIES. Catalogs: NonFiction, American History, Exploration & Adventure.
"...To the large body of literature dealing with the natural life of North America this book is a unique contribution. It is the first comprehensive history of American wildlife, from the time of the white man's arrival in the New World to the present. To fashion this valuable and fascinating chronicle, Peter Matthiessen has studied the accounts of explorers, settlers, and naturalists from the time of the first records. He tells of the great auk and of many other creatures, of how they vanished and where and why, and what is now being done that North America may not become a wasteland of man's creation, in which no wild thing can live.
The book follows the tide of white settlement as it moved from the eastern seaboard in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, across the rivers, plains, and mountains to the Pacific. It tells of the fur trappers and whalers, the market hunters and the spoilers. Never before in a single volume has the story of our continent's original inhabitants been told with such dramatic detail and illustration..."
Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. . First Edition. Illus. by Hines, Bob. PETER MATTHIESSEN WILDLIFE IN AMERICA FIRST EDITIONS NATURE ANIMALS ZOOLOGY CONSERVATION ENVIRONMENT AMERICAN HISTORY NATURALISTS ENVIRONMENTALISM ENDANGERED SPECIES. Catalogs: NonFiction, American History, Exploration & Adventure.
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- Title
- Wildlife In America
- Author
- Matthiessen, Peter
- Book Condition
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- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Viking
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1959
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nonfiction; AMERICAN HISTORY; Exploration & Adventure;
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