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The United States had a lot to prove in the early days of the Republic: that an independent country could flourish in the Americas, that a democracy would not collapse in chaos, and, even, that American flora and fauna were every bit the equal of those in Europe. Some European naturalists—most notably French Count Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon—claimed the natural world of the Americas was populated by degenerate, weak, and feeble subspecies. Thomas Jefferson—author of the Declaration of Independence and an ardent naturalist—was of course incensed and, eventually, as definitive proof, shipped a statuesque New Hampshire moose off to Paris. This enthralling story is told in our free e-book for November, Mr. Jefferson and the Giant Moose: Natural History in Early America by Lee Alan Dugatkin.
"Fast-paced, snappy, and suspenseful.”—Emmanuelle Smith, Financial Times
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