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AMERICAN SPORTSMEN AND THE ORIGINS OF CONSERVATION
by Reiger, John F
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- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0876911734
- ISBN 13
- 9780876911730
- Seller
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Berkeley, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Winchester Press, 1975. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Text/As New & Bright; first 3 pgs (fEP, First title page & Title) uncut at lower text edge. Green boards with silver spine lettering/Fine. Illustrated DJ/VG; Strong & sound w/light wear, short closed tears to edges, small surface losses, & showing faint discoloration. Slight lean to spine. An environmental history. The book considers the history of the environmental movement in America. The term "conservation", popularized by Chief Forester Gifford Pinchot of President Theodore Roosevelt's administration, is more often than not employed to vility sportsmen as wildlife destroyers. Historian John Reiger shows that is was actually sportsmen, particularly hunters, that spearheaded the modern conservation movement, and, who remain its most important supporters and activists.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006979
- Title
- AMERICAN SPORTSMEN AND THE ORIGINS OF CONSERVATION
- Author
- Reiger, John F
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Thus
- ISBN 10
- 0876911734
- ISBN 13
- 9780876911730
- Publisher
- Winchester Press
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1975
- Keywords
- Wildlife Conservation/History/Ecology/Philosophy
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