The Race to Save Lord God Bird

The Race to Save the God Bird by Maine author, Phillip Hoose, tells the dramatic story of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker and those who tried to possess it, paint it, shoot it, sell it, and, in a last-ditch effort, save it. Saving the Ivory-billed Woodpecker culminated in one of the first great conservation showdowns in U.S. history - an early round in what is now a worldwide effort to save species. 10th Anniversary Edition. Author: Phillip Hoose. Paperback; 228 pages.