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Nature, Gardens & Animals
Popular Official Guide to the New York Zoological Park (September 1915)
William Temple Hornaday
204 pages~4 hr 4 min read68 chapters$4.99
Walk the Bronx Zoo as visitors found it in 1915, guided by the man who built it. Hornaday leads you past the bison ranges, the hoofed animals, and hall after hall of mammals, explaining how to reach the grounds and what to see first. A living snapshot of a great zoo in its early prime. Take the tour a century before your own visit.
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Inside this book
68 chapters
- 1POPULAR OFFICIAL GUIDE TO THE New York Zoological Park
- 2PREFACE
- 3CONTENTS.
- 4ILLUSTRATIONS.
- 5STATISTICS OF THE ZOOLOGICAL PARK.
- 6NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY
- 7GENERAL STATUS OF THE ZOOLOGICAL PARK.
- 8MEANS OF ACCESS.
- 9ADMISSION.
- 10PHYSICAL ASPECT OF THE GROUNDS.
- 11SECTION I.—THE MAMMALS.
- 12The Hoofed Animals.
- 13THE BISON RANGES, Nos. 51 and 52.
- 14MOUNTAIN SHEEP HILL, No. 44.
- 15THE ANTELOPE HOUSE, NO. 50.
- 16THE SMALL-DEER HOUSE, No. 49.
- 17The Small Deer.
- 18The Small African Antelopes.
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