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Called by the wild : the autobiography of a conservationist

Author: Raymond Fredric Dasmann
Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2002.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Genre/Form: Biography
Named Person: Raymond Fredric Dasmann; Raymond F Dasmann; Raymond Fredric Dasmann
Material Type: Biography, Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Raymond Fredric Dasmann
ISBN: 0520229789 9780520229785
OCLC Number: 46791048
Description: xiv, 255 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Contents: Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Beginnings: The Lure of the Wild Country 2. School, the Woods, and War 3. Red Arrows Never Glance 4. Live Coward or Dead Hero? 5. Elizabeth's Story 6. Reunion 7. Transition 8. Deer 9. Arcata 10. Conservation by Slaughter 11. Return to the United States 12. Influences and Efforts 13. Too Many, Too Much 14. Uniting Nations 15. Return to Africa 16. Ecosystem and Biosphere People 17. The Edges of the Sea 18. The Incident in Kinshasha 19. Return to the South Pacific 20. Back to the Land 21. Damming Paradise 22. Other Ways of Life 23. Biosphere Reserves 24. Finale Bibliography Index
Responsibility: Raymond F. Dasmann ; with a foreword by Paul Erhlich.
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A pioneer in international conservation and wildlife ecology, Raymond Dasmann published his first book "Environmental Conservation", when the term 'environment' was little known and 'conservation' to  Read more...

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