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Beaverland : How One Weird Rodent Made America by Leila Philip (2022, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherGrand Central Publishing
ISBN-10153875519X
ISBN-139781538755198
eBay Product ID (ePID)16057248951
Product Key Features
Book TitleBeaverland : How One Weird Rodent Made America
Number of Pages336 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2022
TopicEnvironmental Conservation & Protection, Animals / Mammals, Animals / Wildlife, North America, United States / General
IllustratorYes
GenreNature, History
AuthorLeila Philip
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.4 in
Item Weight19.7 Oz
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2022-031713
Dewey Edition23
Reviews"Offers an enthralling history of beavers and their impact on the United States...The result is a triumph of popular nature writing."-- Publisher's Weekly, "We can't have enough books about this wonderful creature--and this one is particularly strong on the remarkable history of the animal in our continent's history and imagination. A loud slap of the tail in approval!"-- Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature, "Lyrically written, meticulously observed, and exhaustively researched, BEAVERLAND is going to break your heart--and then heal it with compassion, beauty, and wonder." -- Sy Montgomery, New York Times bestselling author of The Soul of an Octopus, "BEAVERLAND may be the best-realized book about an American animal in years. A work of open-hearted discovery. Can returning beavers and their works save our future? However you answer that, this fine book is going to re-arrange the furniture in your head." -- Dan Flores, New York Times bestselling author of Coyote America
Dewey Decimal338.37297
SynopsisAn intimate and revelatory dive into the world of the beaver--the wonderfully weird rodent that has surprisingly shaped American history and may save its ecological future. From award-winning writer Leila Philip, Beaverland is a masterful work of narrative science writing, a book that highlights, though history and contemporary storytelling, how this weird rodent plays an oversized role in American history and its future. She follows fur trappers who lead her through waist high water, fur traders and fur auctioneers, as well as wildlife managers, PETA activists, Native American environmental vigilantes, scientists, engineers, and the colorful group of activists known as beaver believers . Beginning with the early trans-Atlantic trade in North America, Leila Philip traces the beaver's profound influence on our nation's early economy and feverish western expansion, its first corporations and multi-millionaires. In her pursuit of this weird and wonderful animal, she introduces us to people whose lives are devoted to the beaver, including a Harvard scientist from the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana, who uses drones to create 3-dimensional images of beaver dams; and an environmental restoration consultant in the Chesapeake whose nickname is the "beaver whisperer". What emerges is a poignant personal narrative, a startling portrait of the secretive world of the contemporary fur trade, and an engrossing ecological and historical investigation of these heroic animals who, once trapped to the point of extinction, have returned to the landscape as one of the greatest conservation stories of the 20th century. Beautifully written and impeccably researched, Beaverland reveals the profound ways in which one odd creature and the trade surrounding it has shaped history, culture, and our environment. The New York Times Editors' Choice NPR Science Friday Book Club Selection, From award-winning writer Leila Philip, BEAVERLAND is a masterful work of narrative science writing, a book that highlights, though history and contemporary storytelling, how this weird rodent plays an oversized role in American history and its future. She follows fur trappers who lead her through waist high water, fur traders and fur auctioneers, as well as wildlife managers, PETA activists, Native American environmental vigilantes, scientists, engineers, and the colorful group of activists known as beaver believers .Beginning with the early trans-Atlantic trade in North America, Leila Philip traces the beaver's profound influence on our nation's early economy and feverish western expansion, its first corporations and multi-millionaires. In her pursuit of this weird and wonderful animal, she introduces us to people whose lives are devoted to the beaver, including a Harvard scientist from the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana, who uses drones to create 3-dimensional images of beaver dams; and an environmental restoration consultant in the Chesapeake whose nickname is the "beaver whisperer".What emerges is a poignant personal narrative, a startling portrait of the secretive world of the contemporary fur trade, and an engrossing ecological and historical investigation of these heroic animals who, once trapped to the point of extinction, have returned to the landscape as one of the greatest conservation stories of the 20th century. Beautifully written and impeccably researched, BEAVERLAND reveals the profound ways in which one odd creature and the trade surrounding it has shaped history, culture, and our environment.
LC Classification NumberHD9944.U48B43 2022
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- May 26, 2023
An insight into the World of Beavers
It's a very good book, and interesting to read.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
