The Father of American Conservation - George Bird Grinnell Adventurer, Activist, and Author

This is the definitive biography of George Bird Grinnell (1849-1938), who is widely regarded as ¿The Father of American Conservation,¿ because of his accomplishments in saving wildlife and natural resources of Americä including saving the American bison.

List of contents

CONTENTS

Introduction

Chapter One: The Budding Naturalist

Chapter Two: A Tenderfoot in the West

Chapter Three: Buffalo Hunting With the Pawnee

Chapter Four: Custer and Black Hills Gold

Chapter Five: Yellowstone Country

Chapter Six: Traveling, Collecting, and Writing

Chapter Seven: Crusading Editor

Chapter Eight: A Presidential Friendship

Chapter Nine: Author and Advocate for Native America

Chapter Ten: The Harriman Expedition

Chapter Eleven: Grinnell’s Glacier

Chapter Twelve: Preserving the Legacy

Bibliography

About the author

Thom Hatch is a Marine Corps Vietnam veteran and an award-winning American author and novelist who specializes in the history of the American West, the American Civil War, and the Plains Indian Wars. He is the author of twelve books, including The Last Outlaws: The Lives and Legends of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Custer Companion: A Comprehensive Guide to the Life of George Armstrong Custer and the Plains Indians Wars, and Black Kettle: the Cheyenne Chief Who Sought Peace But Found War, for which he received the Spur Award for literary excellence from the Western Writers of America. Hatch lives in Colorado with his wife and daughter.

Summary

This is the definitive biography of George Bird Grinnell (1849-1938), who is widely regarded as “The Father of American Conservation,” because of his accomplishments in saving wildlife and natural resources of America— including saving the American bison.

Product details

• Authors: Thom Hatch, Hatch Thom
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.02.2020
• EAN: 9781684423330
• ISBN: 978-1-68442-333-0
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 228 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 374 g
• Illustrations: Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Biographies, autobiographies; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, NATURE / Ecology, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Ecology, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Environmentalists & Naturalists, Applied ecology, Biography: science, technology and medicine