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Hornaday, William Temple (1854-1937) Wild life conservation in theory and practice; lectures delivered before the Forest School of Yale University, 1914, by William T. Hornaday, Sc.D. ...

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06029 Author/Creator: Hornaday, William Temple (1854-1937) Place Written: New Haven, Connecticut Type: Book signed Date: 1914 Pagination: 240 p. : ill. ; 21 x 14 cm. Order a Copy

Title continues, "with a chapter on Private game preserves, by Frederic C. Walcott." With an inscription by Hornaday dated 23 November 1914 to William Edward Coffin, "To my Esteemed Friend." Mentions Coffin's dedication to wild life and forest protection. Published by Yale University Press.

Hornaday, William Temple, 1854-1937
Walcott, Frederic Collin, 1869-1949

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