Symbol of power, strength, and freedom, the American bald eagle appears on coins, dollar bills, postage stamps, identification cards, and the presidential seal. It is seen everywhere except in the sky, although that is changing; nearly extinct in 1970, the bald eagle has made a modest comeback. In Eagle's Plume , Bruce E. Beans recounts the compelling, centuries-old story of the bald eagle's place in American culture and landscape an its struggle...