"Accompanied by the stunning photography of Mangelsen, Johnsgard details the natural history, biology and conservation issues surrounding the abundant sandhill crane and the endangered whopping crane in North America"--
Paul A. Johnsgard is Foundation Professor of Biological Sciences Emeritus at the School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. His previous works include nearly seventy books, mostly reference works on bird groups and the ecology of Nebraska and the Great Plains.