From Poaching to Procuring

This time I'll look at a suspenseful tale by an undercover wildlife agent, a history of clay pigeon shooting and -something different for these pages-a work describing how, in this modern age, much of our nation's food arises from its sources in the land and arrives on our plates. A Hunt for Justice By Lucinda Delaney Schroeder (Lyons Press, 800-243-0495, www.lyonspress .com; 2006) 270 pp. $21.95, hardcover. A former field officer for the US Fish and Wildlife Service, Lucinda Schroeder arrested waterfowl poachers, falcon-nest robbers, eagle shooters and others who, she writes, "exploited wildlife for greed or money.

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