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Camera hunter : George Shiras III and the birth of wildlife photography

text Camera hunter : George Shiras III and the birth of wildlife photography

Summary
"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 sn... Read more
Contents
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 Ge... Read more
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Description
xiii, 392 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press 2019

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Library Location Status
Fife Lake Public Library 328.73 MCC in Adult Non-fiction Available
Woodmere (Main Branch) 921 SHIRAS, GEORGE MCC in Adult Non-fiction Available

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