The man who saved the whooping crane
Subtitle: the Robert Porter Allen story
By: Kathleen Kaska
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Gainesville
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780813040240
Subjects: Whooping crane; Conservation; Cranes (Birds); Wetland birds
Description: A chronicle of the efforts of Robert Allen Porter, an ornithologist with the National Audubon Society, to find the only remaining whooping crane nesting site in North America in an effort to save the nearly extincted species.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I: The making of an ornithologist, 1905-1946: 1. By some strange miracle; title: 2. The decision; title: 3. The clang of a bell; title: Part II: Somewhere up north, 1947-1950: 4. Things of value; title: 5. Unforgettable days; title: 6. Small families; title: 7. Vanished; title: 8. The story of Rusty; title: The hunt, 1951-1963: 9. A sudden change of plans; title: 10. A different kind of revolution; title: 11. Empty nest; title: 12. Cards on the table; title: 13. They came through the twilight; title: 14. The Bob Allen Keys.