Introduction: North American Decoys: Totems of the Hunt
PART I. THE HUNTED
Chapter 1. Wildfowl in Early America
Chapter 2: Migration
Chapter 3. Swans and Geese
Chapter 4. Dabbling Ducks
Chapter 5. Diving Ducks
Chapter 6. Shorebirds
Chapter 7. Birds of a Feather—Herons, Gulls, and Terns
Chapter 8 Loons, Owls, Crows, and Pigeon
PART II: THE HUNTERS
Chapter 9. The Market Gunners—Food for America’s Tables
Chapter 10. The Sports—Gunning for Pleasure
Chapter 11. The Feather Hunters—Birds for the Millinery Trade
Chapter 12. The Conservation Movement
PART III: THE HUNTING REGIONS AND CARVERS
Chapter 13. Down East—Maine and the Canadian Maritimes
Chapter 14. The Massachusetts Coast and Islands
Chapter 15. Long Island Sound
Chapter 16. The Great South Bay and Other Long Island Lagoons
Chapter 17. Barnegat Bay and the Jersey Shore
Chapter 18. The Delaware River
Chapter 19. The Susquehanna Flats and Chesapeake Bay
Chapter 20. The South Atlantic Coast—Chincoteague, the Eastern Shore, the Outer Banks, and Beyond
Chapter 21. The St. Lawrence River Region—Quebec, Eastern Ontario, and Upstate New York
Chapter 22. Toronto, Detroit and the Lakes—Southwestern Ontario and Michigan
Chapter 23. The Illinois River
Chapter 24. The Upper Midwest—Minnesota and Wisconsin
Chapter 25. Bayou Country
Chapter 26. The West Coast
PART IV. SELECTED RESOURCES
Where to See Decoys
Museum Collections
Collector’s Groups and Shows
Where to Buy Decoys—Auction Houses and Dealers
Decoys on the Web
Further reading—Annotated Bibliography
Index
Sample page spreads. Note: The book measures 10 x 10 inches, so these spreads are actually 10 x 20 inches.
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