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The late nineteenth and early twentieth century were a brutal time for American wildlife, with many species pushed to the brink of extinction. Yet these decades also saw the dawn of the conservationist movement. Into this contradictory era came William Temple Hornaday, a larger-than-life dynamo who uncannily embodies these conflicting threads. Gregory Dehler explores the life of Hornaday the hunter, museum builder, zoologist, author, conservat...

The late nineteenth and early twentieth century were a brutal time for American wildlife, with many species pushed to the brink of extinction. And yet these decades also saw the dawn of the conservationist movement. Into this contradictory era came William Temple Hornaday. In this compelling new biography, Gregory Dehler explores the life of Hornaday the hunter, museum builder, zoologist, author, conservationist, and anti-Bolshevist crusader.

Arthur's greatest success was in cutting the surplus, although it was a modest reduction, maintaining the protectionist tariff system, achieving civil service reform, and rebuilding the navy. Like every president he did disappoint and he carefully crafted his politics to achieve his ends. The years of Arthur's administration were ones of great changes. Industrial growth and consolidation led to massive economic changes. Companies were no longe...

Arthur's greatest success was in cutting the surplus, although it was a modest reduction, maintaining the protectionist tariff system, achieving civil service reform, and rebuilding the navy. Like every president he did disappoint and he carefully crafted his politics to achieve his ends. The years of Arthur's administration were ones of great changes. Industrial growth and consolidation led to massive economic changes. Companies were no longe...