Mr. Jefferson and the Giant Moose : Natural History in Early America by Dugatkin, Lee Alan

University of Chicago Press. Used - Acceptable. FORMER LIBRARY COPY. Former Library book. Hardcover The item is fairly worn but still readable. Signs of wear include aesthetic issues such as scratches, worn covers, damaged binding. The item may have identifying markings on it or show other signs of previous use. May have page creases, creased spine, bent cover or markings inside. Packed with care, shipped promptly.

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University Of Chicago Press, 2009-11-15. Hardcover. Good.

Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2009. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 166 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings.

University of Chicago Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2009. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0226169146 . Hardcover with dustjacket, first printing as indicated by the publisher's "1" in the number line on copyright page, book and jacket are in excellent condition, there are no remarkable flaws and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included, this fine gift copy "vividly recreates the origin and evolution of the debates about natural history in America and, in so doing, returns the prize moose to its rightful place in American history," illustrated and includes a bibliography ; 166 pages .

Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 2009. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 166 pp., Review copy with press release laid-in. .

University of Chicago Press. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 2009. Hardcover. 8vo. 184 pp. We specialize in fine books in collectible condition. Orders are professionaly packaged and shipped promptly. M40 .

The University of Chicago Press, 2009. A few illustrations, small octavo, pp xii, 166, a very good copy in a very slightly worn dustwrapper with a small closed tear at the foor of the upper cover. [In the years after the Revolutionary War, the fledging republic of America was viewed by many Europeans as a degenerate backwater, populated by subspecies weak and feeble. Chief among these naysayers was the French count and world-renowned naturalist Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon, who wrote that the flora and fauna of America (natives included) were inferior to European specimens. Thomas Jefferson - U.S. president and ardent naturalist - spent years countering the French conception of American degeneracy. His "Notes on Virginia" systematically and scientifically dismantled Buffon's case through a series of tables and equally compelling writing on the nature of his home state. But the book did little to counter the arrogance of the French and hardly satisfied Jefferson's quest to… Read More

University of Chicago Press, 2009-11-15. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Univ of Chicago Pr, 2009. Hardcover. New. 184 pages. 9.50x6.25x0.75 inches.