Crimes against Nature
Subtitle: Squatters, Poachers, Thieves, and the Hidden History of American Conservation
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: February 3, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9780520239098
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Conservation of wildlife & habitats; 20th century; c 1800 to c 1900; Nature; History: American; History; History - U.S; USA; Natural Resources; United States - General; History / General; General
First sentence: When the New York City minister Joel Headley collapsed in 1849 with a nervous breakdown, he was ordered by his doctor to try what was for a mid-nineteenth-century American, a most unusual undertaking: a vacation.