Karl Jacoby: 3 books
Crimes against Nature
Squatters, Poachers, Thieves, and the Hidden History of American Conservation
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2014
Crimes against Nature reveals the hidden history behind three of the nation's first parklands: the Adirondacks, Yellowstone, and the Grand Canyon. Focusing on conservation's impact on local inhabitants, Karl Jacoby traces the effect of criminalizing such traditional practices as hunting, fishing,...
Shadows at Dawn
An Apache Massacre and the Violence of History
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2009
A masterful reconstruction of one of the worst Indian massacres in American history
In April 1871, a group of Americans, Mexicans, and Tohono O?odham Indians surrounded an Apache village at dawn and murdered nearly 150 men, women, and children in their sleep. In the past century the attack,...
by Karl Jacoby
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2016
**Winner of the Ray Allen Billington Prize and the Phillis Wheatley Book Award
"An American 'Odyssey,' the larger-than-life story of a man who travels far in the wake of war and gets by on his adaptability and gift for gab." —Wall Street Journal**
A black child born on the US-Mexico...