Preface xi
1 Life of the Wanderer
1(30)
2 My Blood Shall Be Your Blood: Indians and Passenger Pigeons
31(15)
3 A Legacy of Awe
46(22)
4 Pigeons as Provisions to Pigeons as Products
68(23)
5 Means of Destruction
91(18)
6 Profiles in Killing
109(20)
7 The Tempest Was Spent: The Last Great Nestings
129(27)
8 Flights to the Finish
156(22)
9 Martha and Her Kin: The Captive Flocks
178(12)
10 Extinction and Beyond
190(19)
Appendix: A Passenger Pigeon Miscellany 209(34)
Acknowledgments 243(2)
Notes 245(16)
Bibliography 261(14)
Index 275