The Bald Eagle

By Jack E. Davis,

Book cover of The Bald Eagle: The Improbable Journey of  America's Bird

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The bald eagle is regal but fearless, a bird you're not inclined to argue with. For centuries, Americans have celebrated it as "majestic" and "noble" yet savaged the living bird behind their national symbol as a malicious predator of livestock and, falsely, a snatcher of babies. Taking us from before…

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The Bald Eagle is the conservation success story of our time, but its path hasn’t been easy, as this highly readable book makes clear.

The collapse and rebuilding of the nation’s official symbol helps bring home the plight of birds in general, as well as what it will take to restore depleted species.

The eagle stands apart, since it’s the highest profile bird, with special protection no other species has been given. And yet, there’s much universal in the story of the relationship between birds and people.

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