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143 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
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English
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A humorous and helpful illustrated field guide to avoiding interactions -- both dangerous and annoying -- with 50 wild animals, including survival techniques, wildlife etiquette, and other essential advice. As humans encroach on wild places, encounters with animals -- from bears, bison, mountain lions, and mice to turkeys, ticks, rats, and raccoons -- have become increasingly commonplace. But, wait, what are the rules for facing a moose up close?...
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xvi, 478 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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"From Pulitzer Prize finalist Daniel Okrent, the definitive and timely account of a forgotten dark chapter of American history. The Guarded Gate tells the story of the scientists who provided the intellectual justification for the harshest immigration law in American history and the men who turned their 'science' into politics. Brandished by the upper-class Bostonians and New Yorkers -- many of them progressives -- who led the anti-immigration movement,...
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