Record #:

9551

Author(s):

Taylor, Mark

Abstract:

Taylor discusses the career of Gilbert Pearson, one of North Carolina's and the nation's most effective wildlife conservationists. He was the first man to achieve significant success in developing an effective program of wildlife protection for the state. He was also a leader in the fight to ban market and plume hunting which feathers widely used in women's hats.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 43 Issue 4, Apr 1979, p18-20, il, por

Subject(s):

Pearson, T. Gilbert (Thomas Gilbert), 1873-1943