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Tables of Contents for Lost Wild America
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Foreword
xiii
Acknowledgments
xv
I VICTIMS OF THE PAST
Explorers and Pioneers: America until 1800
3
8
The Westward Sweep, 1800 to 1880
11
3
Dead as a Dodo
14
25
Some Came Back: The Start of Wildlife Conservation, 1880 to 1920
39
37
The Developing Science of Wildlife Management, 1920 to 1940
76
7
On the Brink
83
19
The Growing Environmental Crisis, 1940 to 1963
102
7
Politics and the Environment, 1963 to 1993
109
14
II POSSIBLE VICTIMS OF THE FUTURE
The Never-Ending War Against the Predators
123
19
The Hoofed Mammals
142
11
Whales, Vanishing Giants of the Sea
153
13
Other Marine Mammals
166
10
Hard-Pressed Birds of Prey and Parrots
176
17
Waterfowl, Game, and Wading Birds
193
14
Even the Fall of a Sparrow
207
11
Endangered Reptiles and Amphibians
218
10
Clean Waters and Fish
228
13
Butterflies and Other Invertebrates
241
8
Humanity, An Endangered Species
249
10
Selected Bibliography
259
8
Index
267