David Brown's "Bringing Back the Game: Arizona Wildlife Management, 1912-1962" has been selected as a finalist in the 2013 New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards in the "History Book -- Arizona Subject" category.
"Bringing Back the Game" was one of more than 1,800 entries submitted to this contest, which is sponsored by the New Mexico Book Co-op, a nonprofit partnership of more than 1,200 publishers and authors interested in showcasing and selling books in New Mexico and Arizona and throughout the Southwest.
Author David Brown started working for Arizona Game and Fish in 1961 as a wildlife manager trainee. After retiring in 1988, he taught field courses in conservation biology for 20 years. Brown is the author or editor of a number of well-regarded books on wildlife and history.
"Bringing Back the Game" relates how the state's sportsmen helped resurrect game species from scarcity to near superabundance in Arizona's first 50 years as a state. If you ever wondered how Arizona's system of game and fish management came about, this book is for you. It's sold at all offices of Arizona Game and Fish for $19.95. An order form is available at www.azgfd.gov/historyseries.
