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The Race to Save the Lord God Bird
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The Race to Save the Lord God Bird Hardcover - 2004

by Phillip Hoose

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"The Race to Save the Lord God Bird" bu Phillip Hoose. "A Marvelous Book ... An Epic Adventure ... A Powerful Argument for the Conservation Ethic." --- E.O. Wilson. Hardcover (9.8" x 8'8") with dust jacket. First Edition 2004 published by Melanie Kroupa Books/Farrar, Straus amd Giroux, New York. Illustrated and with illustrated end-papers. The book is in Fine condition with a Very Good dust jacket with a slight crease at the front top edge.
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  • Title The Race to Save the Lord God Bird
  • Author Phillip Hoose
  • Illustrator Jeffrey L. Ward
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Fine
  • Pages 196
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York
  • Date 2004
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 16469
  • ISBN 9780374361730 / 0374361738
  • Weight 2.13 lbs (0.97 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.76 x 8.8 x 0.89 in (24.79 x 22.35 x 2.26 cm)
  • Ages 12 to 18 years
  • Grade levels 7 - 13
  • Reading level 1150
  • Library of Congress subjects Endangered species, Ivory-billed woodpecker
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003049049
  • Dewey Decimal Code 598.72

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DR. JAMES VAN REMSEN PULLS OPEN A WOODEN DRAWER AND HANDS ME AN IVORY-billed Woodpecker.

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About the author

Phillip Hoose is an award-winning author of books, essays, stories, songs and articles. Although he first wrote for adults, he turned his attention to children and young adults in part to keep up with his own daughters. His book "Claudette Colvin" won a National Book Award and was dubbed a "Publishers Weekly" Best Book of 2009. He is also the author of "Hey, Little Ant," co-authored by his daughter, Hannah, "It's Our World, Too!," and "We Were There, Too!," a National Book Award finalist. He has received a Jane Addams Children's Book Award, a Christopher Award, and a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, among numerous honors. He was born in South Bend, Indiana, and grew up in the towns of South Bend, Angola, and Speedway, Indiana. He was educated at Indiana University and the Yale School of Forestry. He lives in Portland, Maine.