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Hornaday, William Temple (1854-1937) Our vanishing wild life its extermination and preservation, by William T. Hornaday ... with maps and illustrations

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06028 Author/Creator: Hornaday, William Temple (1854-1937) Place Written: New York, New York Type: Book signed Date: 1913 Pagination: 411 p. ; 22 x 16 cm. Order a Copy

Published by the New York Zoological Society. Printed by Clark & Fritts, New York. With inscription by Hornaday to William Edward Coffin dated 17 January 1913.

Hornaday, William Temple, 1854-1937

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