Bibliograph

The passenger pigeon, Errol Fuller

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The passenger pigeon, Errol Fuller

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 172-174) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The passenger pigeon

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

877364528

Responsibility statement

Errol Fuller

Summary

At the start of the nineteenth century, Passenger Pigeons were perhaps the most abundant birds on the planet, numbering literally in the billions. The flocks were so large and so dense that they blackened the skies, even blotting out the sun for days at a stretch. Yet by the end of the century, the most common bird in North America had vanished from the wild. In 1914, the last known representative of her species, Martha, died in a cage at the Cincinnati Zoo

Table Of Contents

Prologue -- Introduction -- The annals of extinction -- Imagine -- The bird -- The downward spiral -- Extinction : the causes -- The last captives -- Martha -- Art and books -- Quotations -- Appendix : a magnificent flying machine

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