The Bald Eagle: The Improbable Journey of America's Bird by Davis, Jack E.

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 the nation's founding through inconceivable resurgences of this enduring all-American species, Jack E. Davis contrasts the age when native peoples lived beside it peacefully with that when others, whether through hunting bounties or DDT pesticides, twice pushed Haliaeetus leucocephalus to the brink of extinction.

Filled with spectacular stories of Founding Fathers, rapacious hunters, heroic bird rescuers, and the lives of bald eagles themselves--monogamous creatures, considered among the animal world's finest parents--The Bald Eagle is a much-awaited cultural and natural history that demonstrates how this bird's wondrous journey may provide inspiration today, as we grapple with environmental peril on a larger scale.

Author: Jack E. Davis
Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation
Published: 03/01/2022
Pages: 432
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.70lbs
Size: 9.56h x 6.47w x 1.45d
ISBN: 9781631495250

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 01/15/2022
Publishers Weekly 01/24/2022
Library Journal 02/01/2022 pg. 88
Booklist 02/15/2022 pg. 8
BookPage 03/01/2022