The Race to Save the Lord God Bird (Hardcover) by Phillip Hoose

from Sullywriter

One of the best nonfiction books ever written. A mesmerizing true story about the desperate attempts to save a species from extinction.

from RangerRoss

Summary: At first glance, this book tells the history of the Ivory Billed Woodpecker, a species that was once common in the Southern states but is now (arguably, and functionally) extinct. However, the story told by this book chronicles the people who studied and attempted to save this species as...

from mjspear

A YA book on a very adult issue: the gradual extinction of the magnificent Ivory-billed Woodpecker. The book begins in the 1930s with Ornithologists chasing the few remaining specimens in the Louisiana swamps. As the birds' habitat and range declines, the search becomes more desperate -- and futi...

from breeks

The passion of the writer, Phillip Hoose, is almost palpable in this book. The awe and drawing power of this elusive bird of many birders is reflected so clearly here. Ironically, so soon after publication, there have been fresh, and definite, sightings of the Lord God bird! This will not detract...

from Stbalbach

Quick and easy history of the Ivory Bill with an emphasis on the early 20th century, in particular Jim Tanner who drove his Model A Coup around the swamps of the south during the 1930s searching for the elusive "peckerwood". Fond times it seemed, an experience that can never been recreated. The d...