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| Preface | p. ix |
| Acknowledgments | p. xv |
| Assault on Little Galloo Island: An Act of Desperation | p. 1 |
| Legend and Conqueror of Sky, Sea, and Land | |
| From Mysterious Rescuer to a Partner to a Fowl Curse | p. 21 |
| Flight: When a Dinosaur Looked Down upon Gravity | p. 28 |
| A Time to Sink and Swim | p. 41 |
| The Face of Extinction: Eggshells versus DDT | p. 52 |
| The Great Lakes: A Place of Conflict | |
| Champlain, Native Peoples, and Henderson Harbor | p. 71 |
| Fishing America's "Fifth Coast" | p. 80 |
| Ashmole's Halo: A Righteous Model of What Should Have Happened | p. 93 |
| Little Galloo Island Revisited: Praise and Outrage | p. 103 |
| Cormorants and the Law | |
| Treaties and Legislation: War of the Wilderness | p. 127 |
| Agencies and Wildlife Conservation at Work: Cormorants in a Vise | p. 136 |
| The Channel Cat Comes of Age | |
| Catfish on a Shoestring: A Primer | p. 155 |
| The Annual Battle of the Ponds | p. 173 |
| The Past as a Clue to the Future | |
| Fortune, Timelines, and Their Intersections: When Worlds Collide | p. 191 |
| Concessions and Conclusions | p. 198 |
| Notes | p. 219 |
| Bibliography | p. 229 |
| Index | p. 241 |
| Illustrations following page | p. 102 |
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