Table of Contents

Chapter 1 1. Only the Silence Persists: The Heath Hen and New England's Scrub Oak Barrens Chapter 2 2. A Last Stand in Texas: The Attwater's Prairie-Chicken and the Gulf Coast Prairies Chapter 3 3. Fading Footprints in the Sand: The Lesser Prairie-Chicken and the Sand Shinnery Grasslands Chapter 4 4. A Drumming at First Light: The Interior Greater Prairie-Chicken and the Tallgrass Prairies Chapter 5 5. Dawn Dancers on Dun Grass: The Sharp-Tailed Grouse and the Northern Prairies and Shrublands Chapter 6 6. Dark Shadows in Silver Sage: Enigmatic Grouse of the Sagebrush Steppes Chapter 7 7. Can the Fabric Be Mended and the Pieces Preserved? Chapter 8 Identification Key to the North American Prairie Grouse

About the Author

Paul A. Johnsgard has published more than forty books, including Hawks, Eagles, and Falcons of North America: Biology and Natural History (Smithsonian, paperback, 2001). He recently retired from the University of Nebraska and lives in Lincoln.