The Resource Mr. Hornaday's war : how a peculiar Victorian zookeeper waged a lonely crusade for wildlife that changed the world, Stefan Bechtel
Mr. Hornaday's war : how a peculiar Victorian zookeeper waged a lonely crusade for wildlife that changed the world, Stefan Bechtel
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- Summary
- Recounts the life of the conservationist, who spent his life protecting wildlife as a taxidermist and museum collector; as the founder and first director of the National Zoo; as director of the Bronx Zoo; and as an author
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xviii, 254 pages
- Contents
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- Prologue: The Fear
- pt. 1. The Awakening
- His Name Was Dauntless
- A Melancholy Insanity
- The Second Civil War
- Souvenir of a Lost World
- The Last Buffalo Hunt
- A Mysterious Stranger
- A Nobility beyond All Compare
- pt. 2. The Heedless Hunter
- Explorations and Adventures in Equatorial Africa
- Yearning, too much, for Fame
- The Empress Josephine
- Man-Eaters of the Anaimlai Hills
- Darwin's Firestorm
- "A Thief in the Night"
- A Dream Deferred
- Scandal at the Zoo
- pt. 3. Wildlife Warrior
- The Dark Shadow
- Empire of the Buffalo
- Our Vanishing Wildlife
- Two Hundred Years of War
- Epilogue: His Indomitable Persistence
- Isbn
- 9780807006351
- Label
- Mr. Hornaday's war : how a peculiar Victorian zookeeper waged a lonely crusade for wildlife that changed the world
- Title
- Mr. Hornaday's war
- Title remainder
- how a peculiar Victorian zookeeper waged a lonely crusade for wildlife that changed the world
- Statement of responsibility
- Stefan Bechtel
- Title variation
- Mister Hornaday's war
- Subject
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- Biographies
- Game protection -- History
- Game protection -- United States -- History
- Hornaday, William T., (William Temple), 1854-1937
- Hornaday, William T., (William Temple), 1854-1937 -- Political and social views
- Taxidermists -- United States -- Biography
- Biographies
- Wildlife conservation -- United States -- History
- Wildlife conservationists -- United States -- Biography
- Zoo keepers -- United States -- Biography
- Zoologists -- United States -- Biography
- Wildlife conservation -- History
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Recounts the life of the conservationist, who spent his life protecting wildlife as a taxidermist and museum collector; as the founder and first director of the National Zoo; as director of the Bronx Zoo; and as an author
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Bechtel, Stefan
- Dewey number
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- 590.92
- B
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- QL31.H67
- LC item number
- B43 2012
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Hornaday, William T.
- Hornaday, William T.
- Wildlife conservationists
- Zoo keepers
- Zoologists
- Taxidermists
- Wildlife conservation
- Wildlife conservation
- Game protection
- Game protection
- Label
- Mr. Hornaday's war : how a peculiar Victorian zookeeper waged a lonely crusade for wildlife that changed the world, Stefan Bechtel
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue: The Fear -- pt. 1. The Awakening -- His Name Was Dauntless -- A Melancholy Insanity -- The Second Civil War -- Souvenir of a Lost World -- The Last Buffalo Hunt -- A Mysterious Stranger -- A Nobility beyond All Compare -- pt. 2. The Heedless Hunter -- Explorations and Adventures in Equatorial Africa -- Yearning, too much, for Fame -- The Empress Josephine -- Man-Eaters of the Anaimlai Hills -- Darwin's Firestorm -- "A Thief in the Night" -- A Dream Deferred -- Scandal at the Zoo -- pt. 3. Wildlife Warrior -- The Dark Shadow -- Empire of the Buffalo -- Our Vanishing Wildlife -- Two Hundred Years of War -- Epilogue: His Indomitable Persistence
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xviii, 254 pages
- Isbn
- 9780807006351
- Isbn Type
- (acid-free paper)
- Lccn
- 2011048450
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- ocn753624790
- (OCoLC)753624790
- Label
- Mr. Hornaday's war : how a peculiar Victorian zookeeper waged a lonely crusade for wildlife that changed the world, Stefan Bechtel
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue: The Fear -- pt. 1. The Awakening -- His Name Was Dauntless -- A Melancholy Insanity -- The Second Civil War -- Souvenir of a Lost World -- The Last Buffalo Hunt -- A Mysterious Stranger -- A Nobility beyond All Compare -- pt. 2. The Heedless Hunter -- Explorations and Adventures in Equatorial Africa -- Yearning, too much, for Fame -- The Empress Josephine -- Man-Eaters of the Anaimlai Hills -- Darwin's Firestorm -- "A Thief in the Night" -- A Dream Deferred -- Scandal at the Zoo -- pt. 3. Wildlife Warrior -- The Dark Shadow -- Empire of the Buffalo -- Our Vanishing Wildlife -- Two Hundred Years of War -- Epilogue: His Indomitable Persistence
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xviii, 254 pages
- Isbn
- 9780807006351
- Isbn Type
- (acid-free paper)
- Lccn
- 2011048450
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- ocn753624790
- (OCoLC)753624790
Subject
- Biographies
- Game protection -- History
- Game protection -- United States -- History
- Hornaday, William T., (William Temple), 1854-1937
- Hornaday, William T., (William Temple), 1854-1937 -- Political and social views
- Taxidermists -- United States -- Biography
- Biographies
- Wildlife conservation -- United States -- History
- Wildlife conservationists -- United States -- Biography
- Zoo keepers -- United States -- Biography
- Zoologists -- United States -- Biography
- Wildlife conservation -- History
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