The wild grizzlies of Alaska. A story of the Grizzly and big brown bears of Alaska, their habits, manners and characteristics, together with notes on mountain sheep and caribou, collected by the author for the United States Biological Survey.
by HOLZWORTH, John M
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About This Item
New York: G. P. Putnam’s sons, 1930. Lg. 8vo. xxi, [3], 417, [1] pp. Photo frontisp., 83 photo illust., map on endpapers. Brick red cloth, black lettering, cover art of Grizzly Bear on front cover (slight shelfwear, very slight bumping), w/ d.j. art deco cover art of Grizzly Bear w/ mountain landscape behind by Charles Stevens (chipping & tear to head of spine, couple minor closed tears), NF/G copy. First edition, stated, of this book which launched a national movement to protect Grizzly Bears in Southeast Alaska, and particularly on Admiralty Island. The first management plant was prepared by the Alaska Game Commission and National Forest Service in 1932, and conservation remained assured until the logging contracts and lawsuits which occurred in the 1960’s and 1970’s before Admiralty Island was designated at the Kootznoowoo Wilderness.
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- Bookseller
- Zephyr Used & Rare Books
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- 57120
- Title
- The wild grizzlies of Alaska. A story of the Grizzly and big brown bears of Alaska, their habits, manners and characteristics, together with notes on mountain sheep and caribou, collected by the author for the United States Biological Survey.
- Author
- HOLZWORTH, John M
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam’s sons,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- 1930.
- Keywords
- Natural History, Grizzly Bears, Bears, Brown Bears, Biology, United States Biological Survey, Alaska, Alaskiana, Travel, Photography, Illustrated Books, Western Americana, Cover Art, Charles R. Stevens, Grizzlies, Conservation, Environmentalism, Environme
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