{"product_id":"varmints-and-victims-frank-van-nuys-9780700621316","title":"Varmints and Victims: Predator Control in the American West","description":"It used to be: If you see a coyote, shoot it. Better yet, a bear. Best of all, perhaps? A wolf. How we've gotten from there to here, where such predators are reintroduced, protected, and in some cases revered, is the story Frank Van Nuys tells in \u003ci\u003eVarmints and Victims\u003c\/i\u003e, a thorough and enlightening look at the evolution of predator management in the American West. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs controversies over predator control rage on, \u003ci\u003eVarmints and Victims\u003c\/i\u003e puts the debate into historical context, tracing the West's relationship with charismatic predators like grizzlies, wolves, and cougars from unquestioned eradication to ambivalent recovery efforts. Van Nuys offers a nuanced and balanced perspective on an often-emotional topic, exploring the intricacies of how and why attitudes toward predators have changed over the years. Focusing primarily on wolves, coyotes, mountain lions, and grizzly bears, he charts the logic and methods of management practiced by ranchers, hunters, and federal officials. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBroad in scope and rich in detail, this work brings new, much-needed clarity to the complex interweaving of economics, politics, science, and culture in the formulation of ideas about predator species, and in policies directed at these creatures. In the process, we come to see how the story of predator control is in many ways the story of the American West itself, from early attempts to connect the frontier region to mainstream American life and economics to present ideas about the nature and singularity of the region.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Frank Van Nuys\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0700621318\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780700621316\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Kansas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/09\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.40w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2016","brand":"Frank Van Nuys","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45476861280511,"sku":"9780700621316","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4da29c21-d268-46d3-8521-a582afbe709e.jpg?v=1715918373","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/varmints-and-victims-frank-van-nuys-9780700621316","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}