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 Haliaeetus leucocephalus 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--The Bald Eagle 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.