Game Wars: 2the Undercover Pursuit of Wildlife Poachers

by Marc Reisner

Book Overview

If environmentalists ever get around to building a hall of fame, Dave Hall ought to be up for early induction. Hall, the hero of Game Wars, is the Dirty Harry of the United States Fish and Wildlife... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0670814865
• ISBN13: 9780670814862
• Release Date: June 1991
• Publisher: Viking Books
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

Outstanding book

Superbly written with eloquence and humour in a style that is accessible to all readers. Presents the concept of wildlife conservation as fundamentally logical and intelligent, without the preachy jargons. Gripping and exhilarating. The audience cannot help but root for the wildlife conservationists, or risks identifying with corrupt, incestuous, drugged-up, violent imbeciles who choose to disregard conservation to wallow in greed and callous destruction just to satisfy their uncontrollable basal excesses. Thoroughly enjoyed his unrestrained, non-PC disgust with humanity! Sadly, with a little thought, the audience must realize that it has much more in common with more depraved examples of humanity than with those too rare and few individuals who dedicate their lives to wildlife conservation.

Great book

Having read Reisner's Cadillac Desert, I couldn't wait to read this. This book is different - and probably more readable to more people. There's more of a defined storyline, and has a more limited number of engaging characters. He follows 3 attempts to protect wildlife from poachers. The style is reminiscent of John McPhee (which I mean as a BIG compliment). If you can find this book, get it!

I can't believe it's out of print!

Simply the best wildlife conservation book around. Follow game warden Dave Hall as he works undercover among good ol' boys in Lousiana, Hell's Angels in Alaska and the mafia in New York City in an amazing, accessible (if you can find it) true story that'll be bound to raise your blood pressure over what poaching has done to our wildlife.

A wake-up call for all who appreciate American wildlife.

Reisner is an exhaustive researcher, who then parlays massive factual data into readable, entertaining (sometimes disturbing) prose. I found Game Wars to be more reader-friendly than Cadillac Desert in that the book moved faster and showed me a very human side of wildlife law enforcement. Through Reisner, I was taken along on numerous exciting U.S. Fish & Wildlife missions, including several life-and-death encounters between federal agents and big-time commercial poachers. As usual, Reisner imparts a sense of what the law is, how it works, and where it needs shoring-up. I would recommend the book to anyone interested in animals, law enforcement, or conservation.