| Introduction: A Bird of the Sixth Wave |
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3 | (4) |
| Prologue: The Hostage . . . February 1809 |
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7 | (6) |
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Specimen 60803 . . . February 2002 |
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13 | (8) |
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Audubon on the Ivory-billed Frontier . . . 1820--1835 |
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21 | (8) |
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``The Road to Wealth Leads Through the South'' . . . 1865--1900 |
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29 | (6) |
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Two Collectors . . . 1892--1894 |
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35 | (12) |
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The Plume War . . . 1870--1920 |
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47 | (12) |
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Learning to Think Like a Bird . . . 1914--1934 |
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59 | (10) |
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Shooting with a Mike . . . 1935 |
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69 | (10) |
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79 | (10) |
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Wanted: America's Rarest Bird . . . 1937--1939 |
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89 | (12) |
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The Last Ivory-bill Forest . . . December 1937--October 1938 |
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101 | (14) |
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The Race to Save the Lord God Bird . . . 1941--1943 |
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115 | (10) |
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Visiting with Eternity . . . 1943--1944 |
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125 | (10) |
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Carpintero Real: Between Science and Magic . . . 1985--1987 |
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135 | (12) |
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Return of the Ghost Bird? . . . 1986--2002 |
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147 | (9) |
| Maps: The Collapsing Forest: Mapping the Loss of Ivory-bill Habitat |
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156 | (3) |
| Epilogue: Hope, Hard Work, and a Crow Named Betty . . . The Twenty-first Century and Beyond |
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159 | (6) |
| Important Dates for the Protection of Birds, Especially the Ivory-billed Woodpecker |
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165 | (3) |
| Glossary |
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168 | (3) |
| Sources |
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171 | (14) |
| Acknowledgments |
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185 | (4) |
| Picture Credits |
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189 | (1) |
| Index |
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