A Connecticut Yankee Goes to Washington: Senator George P. McLean, Birdman of the Senate
10,000 Birds
MARCH 7, 2023
Plume hunting raged supreme 150 years ago, when egret feathers were part of a worldwide trade in feathers and other bird parts, used for women’s hats and other articles of clothing (but mostly hats), delighting the upper classes and practically wiping out bird species. Treaties trump state laws. And its passage was not easy.
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