{"product_id":"9781324094104","title":"The Bald Eagle: The Improbable Journey of America's Bird","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eBest Books of the Month: \u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of \u003cem\u003eThe Gulf,\u003c\/em\u003e a sweeping cultural and natural history of the bald eagle in America.\u003c\/strong\u003e The bald eagle is regal but fearless, a bird you’re not inclined to argue with. For centuries, Americans have celebrated it as “majestic” and “noble,” yet savaged the living bird behind their national symbol as a malicious predator of livestock and, falsely, a snatcher of babies. Taking us from before the nation’s founding through inconceivable resurgences of this enduring all-American species, Jack E. Davis contrasts the age when native peoples lived beside it peacefully with that when others, whether through hunting bounties or DDT pesticides, twice pushed \u003cem\u003eHaliaeetus leucocephalus\u003c\/em\u003e to the brink of extinction. Filled with spectacular stories of Founding Fathers, rapacious hunters, heroic bird rescuers, and the lives of bald eagles themselves—monogamous creatures, considered among the animal world’s finest parents—\u003cem\u003eThe Bald Eagle\u003c\/em\u003e is a much-awaited cultural and natural history that demonstrates how this bird’s wondrous journey may provide inspiration today, as we grapple with environmental peril on a larger scale.","brand":"Liveright Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47917929169136,"sku":"9781324094104","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781324094104_p0.jpg?v=1763707353","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781324094104","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}