Beloved Beasts: Fighting for Life in an Age of Extinction

In the late nineteenth century, humans came at long last to a devastating realization: their rapidly industrializing...
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Author: Michelle Nijhuis
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Beloved Beasts: Fighting for Life in an Age of Extinction by Nijhuis, Michelle

Beloved Beasts: Fighting for Life in an Age of Extinction

€40,18

Beloved Beasts: Fighting for Life in an Age of Extinction

€40,18
Author: Michelle Nijhuis
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

In the late nineteenth century, humans came at long last to a devastating realization: their rapidly industrializing and globalizing societies were driving scores of animal species to extinction. In Beloved Beasts, acclaimed science journalist Michelle Nijhuis traces the history of the movement to protect and conserve other forms of life. From early battles to save charismatic species such as the American bison and bald eagle to today's global effort to defend life on a larger scale, Nijhuis's "spirited and engaging" account documents "the changes of heart that changed history" (Dan Cryer, Boston Globe).

With "urgency, passion, and wit" (Michael Berry, Christian Science Monitor), she describes the vital role of scientists and activists such as Aldo Leopold and Rachel Carson, reveals the origins of vital organizations like the Audubon Society and the World Wildlife Fund, explores current efforts to protect species such as the whooping crane and the black rhinoceros, and confronts the darker side of modern conservation, long shadowed by racism and colonialism.

As the destruction of other species continues and the effects of climate change wreak havoc on our world, Beloved Beasts charts the ways conservation is becoming a movement for the protection of all species including our own.



Author: Michelle Nijhuis
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 03/09/2021
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9781324001683


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 10/01/2020 pg. 53
Publishers Weekly 12/14/2020
Kirkus Reviews 01/15/2021
Library Journal 03/01/2021 pg. 105
Booklist 03/01/2021 pg. 16
Shelf Awareness 03/23/2021

About the Author
Nijhuis, Michelle: - Michelle Nijhuis is a project editor at the Atlantic, a contributing editor at High Country News, and an award-winning reporter whose work has been published in National Geographic and the New York Times Magazine. She is coeditor of The Science Writers' Handbook and lives in White Salmon, Washington.

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