Beloved Beasts: Fighting for Life in an Age of Extinction

by Michelle Nijhuis

Book Overview

In the late nineteenth century, humans came at long last to a devastating realization: their rapidly industrializing and globalizing societies were driving scores of animal species to extinction. In Beloved Beasts, acclaimed science journalist Michelle Nijhuis traces the history of the movement to protect and conserve other forms of life. From early battles to save charismatic species such as the American bison and bald eagle to today's global...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393882438
• ISBN13: 9780393882438
• Release Date: March 2022
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.3"