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American Wildlife Illustrated by WPA Writers' Program Wm. H. Wise & Co., 1949
Title: American Wildlife Illustrated
Author: WPA Writers' Program
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Wm. H. Wise & Co., 1946
Size: 5.5 X 8.5 X 1.5 * 749 pages
Synopsis: The Introduction begins with this prescient passage:
βIn the great Western desert of the United States the earthβs thin, green, life-supported mantle has worn through so that the gaunt framework of our planet shows through. Silica, mica, borax, salt and alkali lie about on the floor of the land, which is corrugated like a great washboard and from which the water has long since evaporated.
Until 1935 this desert, which occupies so many square miles of the West, in the minds of most Americans was little more than the tedious stretch of country between the populous and industrial East and the luxuriant, semitropical fruit-growing land of the Pacific slopes. In that year the desert all at once served dramatic warning that it was on the march. The skies became filled with wind-blown topsoil blotting out the sun even as far east as New York City. Pictures of bony cattle dying of thirst or dust pneumonia found their way into the daily papers. New pioneers hastily left farmhouses crushed and buried by silt in the submarginal lands of the dust bowl, to find a grudging refuge in California or Oregon.
Years before that, the buffalo and the mule deer had disappeared from these great plains; now humans were leaving it. The sight of the weary, dustlined faces of the courageous men and women who brought home to the American public the conviction that conservation was not merely a luxury advocated by lovers of birds and beasts, or by faddists, but was in fact one of the most vital and immediate concerns of our Nation as a whole.β
Although this passage references the devastating impact of the drought that ravaged the Great Plains in the 1930s, it is echoed in todayβs headlines about the parched Western United States.
The book is divided into sections: mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes.
Overall Condition: Good + It has very minimal wear to the cover and no holes or tears. The dust jacket is not included. The binding has minimal wear. The pages are undamaged with no creasing or tearing, no pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins. There are no missing pages.
Secure shipping bubble-wrapped in a new box.
2026--U.S. shipping for this (Four Pounds Media Mail) is $6.60 with tracking.
Multiple items will be combined for the lowest shipping price.
International Shipping cost is based on the destination so inquire before buying. Mobile users must scroll to the bottom and click on 'use desktop site' to bring up the Ask a Question link which sends me an email.
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Title: American Wildlife Illustrated
Author: WPA Writers' Program
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Wm. H. Wise & Co., 1946
Size: 5.5 X 8.5 X 1.5 * 749 pages
Synopsis: The Introduction begins with this prescient passage:
βIn the great Western desert of the United States the earthβs thin, green, life-supported mantle has worn through so that the gaunt framework of our planet shows through. Silica, mica, borax, salt and alkali lie about on the floor of the land, which is corrugated like a great washboard and from which the water has long since evaporated.
Until 1935 this desert, which occupies so many square miles of the West, in the minds of most Americans was little more than the tedious stretch of country between the populous and industrial East and the luxuriant, semitropical fruit-growing land of the Pacific slopes. In that year the desert all at once served dramatic warning that it was on the march. The skies became filled with wind-blown topsoil blotting out the sun even as far east as New York City. Pictures of bony cattle dying of thirst or dust pneumonia found their way into the daily papers. New pioneers hastily left farmhouses crushed and buried by silt in the submarginal lands of the dust bowl, to find a grudging refuge in California or Oregon.
Years before that, the buffalo and the mule deer had disappeared from these great plains; now humans were leaving it. The sight of the weary, dustlined faces of the courageous men and women who brought home to the American public the conviction that conservation was not merely a luxury advocated by lovers of birds and beasts, or by faddists, but was in fact one of the most vital and immediate concerns of our Nation as a whole.β
Although this passage references the devastating impact of the drought that ravaged the Great Plains in the 1930s, it is echoed in todayβs headlines about the parched Western United States.
The book is divided into sections: mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes.
Overall Condition: Good + It has very minimal wear to the cover and no holes or tears. The dust jacket is not included. The binding has minimal wear. The pages are undamaged with no creasing or tearing, no pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins. There are no missing pages.
Secure shipping bubble-wrapped in a new box.
2026--U.S. shipping for this (Four Pounds Media Mail) is $6.60 with tracking.
Multiple items will be combined for the lowest shipping price.
International Shipping cost is based on the destination so inquire before buying. Mobile users must scroll to the bottom and click on 'use desktop site' to bring up the Ask a Question link which sends me an email.
(PLEASE CONTACT ME BEFORE MAKING ANY PAYMENT FROM OUTSIDE THE U.S.)
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Just about all the books are USED books. Some have been used more gently than others. Some have been in libraries and have typical library extras. Some are so old and/or interesting that they are being offered for the sake of preservation regardless of the condition they are in. If the condition of the book is very important to you, please feel free to click the 'Ask seller a question' link and I will tell you more.
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