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Author: The Elk of North America
Author: Olaus J. MuriePublisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 0811766748
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
This is an outstanding treatise on one of America’s most widely hunted and most important big-game animals. Although thousands of sportsmen take to the field each year in quest of trophies, the perpetuation of elk hunting in America depends entirely upon proper management of the herds. Whether management succeeds or fails in future years will depend upon how well the public understands the problems of the game administrators and of the animals themselves. Everything the sportsman or naturalist would wish to know about the elk in included in this new volume. Habits, food preferences, seasonal movements, anatomy, antler development, and management problems are interestingly and thoroughly discussed. Written by one of America’s greatest field naturalists, this new book has behind it a lifetime spent in intimate study of the subject. Dr. Murie is recognized as the world’s foremost authority on the American elk and his comprehensive research on elk in the Jackson Hole National Monument forms the basis for this book. Everyone interested in America’s wildlife will want this volume in his library. The book is copiously illustrated with half-tone and original line drawings by the author.
North American Elk
Author: Mark S. BoyceThe Antelope and Deer of America
Author: John Dean CatonPublisher:
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Category : Antelopes
Languages : en
Pages : 438
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The Life of Words
Author: David-Antoine WilliamsPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0198812477
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 314
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For centuries, investigations into the origins of words were entwined with investigations into the origins of humanity and the cosmos. With the development of modern etymological practice in the nineteenth century, however, many cherished etymologies were shown to be impossible, and the very idea of original 'true meaning' asserted in the etymology of 'etymology' declared a fallacy. Structural linguistics later held that the relationship between sound and meaning in language was 'arbitrary', or 'unmotivated', a truth that has survived with small modification until today. On the other hand, the relationship between sound and meaning has been a prime motivator of poems, at all times throughout history. The Life of Words studies a selection of poets inhabiting our 'Age of the Arbitrary', whose auditory-semantic sensibilities have additionally been motivated by a historical sense of the language, troubled as it may be by claims and counterclaims of 'fallacy' or 'true meaning'. Arguing that etymology activates peculiar kinds of epistemology in the modern poem, the book pays extended attention to poems by G. M. Hopkins, Anne Waldman, Ciaran Carson, and Anne Carson, and to the collected works of Geoffrey Hill, Paul Muldoon, Seamus Heaney, R. F. Langley, and J. H. Prynne.
Lives of Game Animals
Author: Ernest Thompson SetonPublisher:
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Category : Animal behavior
Languages : en
Pages : 436
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Bibliography ... Wapiti-American Elk and European Red Deer
Author: John B. KirschAll about Elk
Author: North American Hunting ClubPublisher:
ISBN: 9780914697077
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
This book on elk hunting includes information on planning a self-guided elk hunt, booking a guided elk hunt, hunting the rut, hunting after the rut, and more.
The North American Journals of Prince Maximilian of Wied
Author: Prince Alexander Philipp Maximilian of WiedPublisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806185988
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 512
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Made famous through the paintings of Swiss artist Karl Bodmer, the North American expedition of German naturalist Prince Maximilian of Wied in 1832–34 was the first scientific exploration of the Missouri River’s upper reaches since the epic journey of Lewis and Clark almost thirty years earlier. Maximilian’s journal has never been presented fully in English—until now. This collector’s-quality, oversized volume, the first of a three-volume set, draws on the Maximilian-Bodmer Collection at Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha, Nebraska. The North American Journals offer an incomparable view of the upper Missouri and its Native peoples at a pivotal moment in the history of the American West. This meticulous account, newly translated with extensive modern annotation, faithfully reproduces Maximilian’s 110 drawings and watercolors as well as his own notes, asides, and appendices. Volume I, which covers May 1832 to April 1833, documents Maximilian’s voyage to North America and his first encounters with Indians upon reaching the West. This is an essential resource for nineteenth-century western American history and a work of lasting value. This book is published with the assistance of the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
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