The race to save the Lord God Bird

Hoose, Phillip M., 1947-

The race to save the Lord God Bird Phillip Hoose. - First Edition - New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2004. - 196 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

"Melanie Kroupa Books."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-184) and index.

Tells the story of the ivory-billed woodpecker's extinction in the United States, describing the encounters between this species and humans, and discussing what these encounters have taught us about preserving endangered creatures.

0374361738

2003049049


Ivory-billed woodpecker
Endangered species
Woodpeckers.

QL 696.P56 / .H769 2004