Camp-Fires in the Canadian Rockies

New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1916 (1906). Later printing. xvii, 353 pages: illustrations, maps, plates; 23 cm, index. A solid copy (tight binding) with signs of wear to exterior and endpapers, and front endpaper superficially cracked at hinge. Navy ex-library with one small stamp (only) of the "U.S.S. Santa Luisa" to front paste-down. Hardcover.

Sturdy copy. Worthwhile full-page b&w photo plates. • "William Temple Hornaday (1854-1937) was an American zoologist, conservationist, and author. He is best known for his work as the director of the New York Zoological Park, known today as the Bronx Zoo, and for his efforts to protect and preserve wildlife. Hornaday began his career as a taxidermist and later became a prominent figure in the American conservation movement. He was deeply concerned about the extinction of species and worked tirelessly to promote wildlife conservation. He is credited with saving the American bison from extinction by organizing a captive breeding program at the Bronx Zoo. As director of the Bronx Zoo, a position he held from 1896 to 1926, Hornaday created exhibits that promoted conservation and educated the public about wildlife. However, his tenure was not without controversy. Hornaday was a prolific author. His books, such as "The Extermination of the American Bison" (1889) and "Our Vanishing Wildlife" (1913), raised awareness about the threats to wildlife and the need for conservation. Hornaday's work had a significant impact on the conservation movement in the United States. He helped to change public attitudes towards wildlife and played a key role in the creation of wildlife reserves and the enactment of conservation laws." ¶  About the Santa Luisa: "S.S. Santa Luisa, a 4944 gross ton passenger steamer, was built by William Cramp and Sons at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. When completed in August 1918, she was turned over to the Navy and placed in commission as USS Santa Luisa For the rest of World War I she was employed by the Naval Overseas Transportation Service, making two round-trip voyages across the Atlantic with cargo for U.S. forces in France. Decommissioned in December 1918, she was returned to the U.S. Shipping Board and ultimately to her original owner, the W.R. Grace shipping line. She had commercial service during the next twenty-four years under the names Santa Luisa, El Salvador, Santa Ana and Mount McKinley. The ship was accidently lost in the Aleutians on 11 March 1942." / Chasse -- Colombie-Britannique. Hunting. Travel. Geographic: Canadian Rockies (B.C. and Alta.) British Columbia -- Description and travel. Rocheuses canadiennes (C.-B. et Alb.) Colombie-Britannique -- Descriptions et voyages. British Columbia. Canada -- Canadian Rockies. Mountain-climbing; Mountaineeernig, Alpinis. Nature, Canada Wildlife; Wilderness.