Darwin, his daughter and human evolution / Randal Keynes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Keynes, Randal.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.

Darwin, Charles.

Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882--Family.

Darwin family.

Naturalists--England--Biography.

Naturalists.

Families.

England.

Evolution (Biology).

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xv, 384 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First American edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Riverhead Books, 2002.

Summary:

In an old chest of drawers, author Keynes found the writing case of Charles Darwin's daughter Annie, who died at age ten. Keynes, a great-great grandson of Darwin, takes readers into the family's private world and draws on a wealth of previously unseen material to tell the story of Darwin's home life and his private struggle with his faith. Illustrations. photo insert.

Contents:

1 Macaw Cottage 3

2 Pterodactyl Pie 19

3 Natural History of Babies 45

4 Young Crocodiles 67

5 The Galloping Tune 95

6 Faith, Cricket and Barnacles 123

7 Worlds Away from Home 144

8 The Fretfulness of a Child 161

9 The Last Weeks in Malvern 177

10 Loss and Remembering 197

11 The Destroying Angel 218

12 The Origin of Species 232

13 Going the Whole Orang 252

14 God's Sharp Knife 266

15 The Descent of Man 282

16 Touching Humble Things 302.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [325]-364) and index.

ISBN:

1573221929

OCLC:

46936053