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Camera hunter : George Shiras III and the birth of wildlife photography / James H. McCommons.
Van Pelt Library E748.S455 M33 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McCommons, James H., 1957- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shiras, George, 1859-1942.
- Shiras, George.
- United States. Congress. House--Biography.
- United States.
- United States. Congress. House.
- Legislators--United States--Biography.
- Legislators.
- Wildlife conservationists.
- Wildlife photographers.
- Wildlife photographers--United States--Biography.
- Wildlife conservationists--United States--Biography.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 392 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2019.
- Summary:
- "In 1906 George Shiras III (1859-1942) published a series of remarkable nighttime photographs in National Geographic. Taken with crude equipment, the black-and-white photographs featured leaping whitetail deer, a beaver gnawing on a tree, and a snowy owl perched along the shore of a lake in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The pictures, stunning in detail and composition, celebrated American wildlife at a time when many species were going extinct because of habitat loss and unrestrained hunting. As a congressman and lawyer, Shiras joined forces with his friend Theodore Roosevelt, and scientists in Washington, D.C. who shaped the conservation movement during the Progressive Era. His legal and legislative efforts culminated with the passage of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Camera Hunter recounts Shiras's life and craft as he traveled to wild country in North America, refined his trail camera techniques, and advocated for the protection of wildlife. This biography serves as an important record of Shiras's accomplishments as a visual artist, wildlife conservationist, adventurer, and legislator"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Whitefish Lake
- Pittsburgh roots
- Boyhood days in Michigan
- School days for blue bloods
- Camera hunting
- Pennsylvania politics
- The great bird mystery
- Camp life and camera traps
- A progressive goes to Washington
- The National Geographic Society
- Ormond Beach
- Bahamas, Mexico
- Newfoundland and nature fakers
- Eminent personalities
- Yellowstone and the Shiras moose
- The Kenai Peninsula
- Roosevelt-Newett Libel Trial
- The crusade to save birds
- The Shiras bear
- Gatun Lake and Panama
- The bullet is on the way
- The bird treaty
- Yellowstone Dam fight
- Kaibab Plateau
- Final bird battles
- The big book
- Last days.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: McCommons, James, 1957- author. Camera hunter
- ISBN:
- 9780826354266
- 0826354262
- OCLC:
- 1096216222
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