Ten Birds That Changed the World — a review
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 14, 2023
The book is a grab-bag of facts about the ten birds, mostly culled from other works. A prime example is the 1958 Chinese campaign to eliminate sparrows, considered pests because they fed on grain. Basic Books, New York, $30 U.S., Hundreds of millions of sparrows were killed, almost to the point of extinction.
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