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03752aam a2200469 i 4500 001 7E032FE2FF9A11E9A2D37E2597128E48 003 SILO 005 20191105010136 008 190328s2019 nmuac b s001 0beng c 010 $a 2019013027 020 $a 0826354262 020 $a 9780826354266 035 $a (OCoLC)1096216222 040 $a LBSOR/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d BDX $d YDX $d OCLCF $d IQU $d PUL $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a E748.S455 $b M33 2019 082 00 $a B $a B $2 23 100 1 $a McCommons, James, $d 1957- $e author. 245 10 $a Camera hunter : $b George Shiras III and the birth of wildlife photography / $c James H. McCommons. 264 1 $a Albuquerque : $b University of New Mexico Press, $c 2019. 300 $a xiii, 392 pages : $b illustrations, portraits ; $c 24 cm 520 $a "In 1906 George Shiras III (1859-1942) published a series of remarkable nighttime photographs in National Geographic. Taken with crude equipment, the black-and-white photographs featured leaping whitetail deer, a beaver gnawing on a tree, and a snowy owl perched along the shore of a lake in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The pictures, stunning in detail and composition, celebrated American wildlife at a time when many species were going extinct because of habitat loss and unrestrained hunting. As a congressman and lawyer, Shiras joined forces with his friend Theodore Roosevelt, and scientists in Washington, D.C. who shaped the conservation movement during the Progressive Era. His legal and legislative efforts culminated with the passage of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Camera Hunter recounts Shiras's life and craft as he traveled to wild country in North America, refined his trail camera techniques, and advocated for the protection of wildlife. This biography serves as an important record of Shiras's accomplishments as a visual artist, wildlife conservationist, adventurer, and legislator"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Whitefish Lake -- Pittsburgh roots -- Boyhood days in Michigan -- School days for blue bloods -- Camera hunting -- Pennsylvania politics -- The great bird mystery -- Camp life and camera traps -- A progressive goes to Washington -- The National Geographic Society -- Ormond Beach -- Bahamas, Mexico -- Newfoundland and nature fakers -- Eminent personalities -- Yellowstone and the Shiras moose -- The Kenai Peninsula -- Roosevelt-Newett Libel Trial -- The crusade to save birds -- The Shiras bear -- Gatun Lake and Panama -- The bullet is on the way -- The bird treaty -- Yellowstone Dam fight -- Kaibab Plateau -- Final bird battles -- The big book -- Last days. 600 10 $a Shiras, George, $d 1859-1942. 610 10 $a United States. $b House $b House $v Biography. 600 17 $a Shiras, George, $d 1859-1942. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00454267 610 17 $a United States. $b House $b House $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00536930 650 0 $a Legislators $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Wildlife photographers $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Wildlife conservationists $z United States $v Biography. 650 7 $a Legislators. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00995828 650 7 $a Wildlife conservationists. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01175296 650 7 $a Wildlife photographers. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01175380 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 655 7 $a Biography. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423686 776 08 $i Online version: $a McCommons, James, 1957- author. $t Camera hunter $d Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2019 $z 9780826354273 $w (DLC) 2019015936 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20191105025452.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=7E032FE2FF9A11E9A2D37E2597128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search