Nature's Ghosts

Introduction

1. Bones of Contention: The American Incognitum and the Discovery of Extinction

2. Paradise Lost: Unraveling the Mysteries of Insular Species

3. Sounding the Alarm about Continent-Wide Wildlife Extinction

4. Nationalism, Nostalgia, and the Campaign to Save the Bison

5. Going Global: The American Committee and the First Inventory of Extinction

6. The Latin American Turn: Nature Protection in the Western Hemisphere

7. Enter Ecology: Preserving Nature's Living Laboratory

8. Reconsidering Raptors During the Interwar Years

9. Salvation through Science?: The First Life-History Studies of Endangered Species

10. "The Nation's First Responsibility": Saving Endangered Species in the Age of Ecology

Conclusion