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001 2012009838
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005 20121201083046.0
008 120324s2012 fluab b 001 0 eng c
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050 00 $aQL696.G84$bK384 2012
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100 1 $aKaska, Kathleen.
245 14 $aThe man who saved the whooping crane :$bthe Robert Porter Allen story /$cKathleen Kaska.
260 $aGainesville :$bUniversity Press of Florida,$cc2012.
300 $axii, 234 p. :$bill., map ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [225]-228) and index.
505 0 $aPart I: The making of an ornithologist, 1905-1946: 1. By some strange miracle -- 2. The decision -- 3. The clang of a bell -- Part II: Somewhere up north, 1947-1950: 4. Things of value -- 5. Unforgettable days -- 6. Small families -- 7. Vanished -- 8. The story of Rusty -- Part III: The hunt, 1951-1963: 9. A sudden change of plans -- 10. A different kind of revolution -- 11. Empty nest -- 12. Cards on the table -- 13. They came through the twilight -- 14. The Bob Allen Keys.
520 0 $aA chronicle of the efforts of Robert Allen Porter, an ornithologist with the National Audubon Society, to find the only remaining whooping crane nesting site in North America in an effort to save the nearly extincted species.
600 10 $aAllen, Robert Porter.
650 0 $aWhooping crane$xConservation$zNorth America.
650 0 $aCranes (Birds)$xConservation$zFlorida.
650 0 $aWetland birds$xConservation$zNorth America.
650 0 $aCranes (Birds)$xConservation$zNorth America.