Wildlife in America
- ISBN-10
- 014004793X
- ISBN-13
- 9780140047936
- Category
- Animals
- Pages
- 304
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1977
- Publisher
- Penguin Group USA
- Author
- Peter Matthiessen
Description
This classic history of the rare, threatened, and extinct animals of North America is a dramatic chronicle of man's role in the disappearance of great and small species of our land. "Should be the number one source volume for everyone who embraces the philosophy of conservation".--Roger Tory Peterson. Illustrations throughout.
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