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Pilgrim on the great bird continent : the importance of everything and other lessons from Darwin's lost notebooks / Lyanda Lynn Haupt.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Haupt, Lyanda Lynn.
Contributor:
Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Birds--South America.
Birds.
South America.
Natural history--South America.
Natural history.
Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.
Darwin, Charles.
Beagle Expedition (1831-1836).
Beagle Expedition.
Physical Description:
x, 276 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Edition:
First edition.
Place of Publication:
New York : Little, Brown, 2006.
Summary:
By focusing mostly on the birds Charles Darwin observed, and by brilliantly mining his lesser-known writings, Haupt pens a startlingly fresh exploration of the man's genius that invites readers to look at the world with new eyes.
Contents:
Darwin's bump of reverence
Watching for voices
Pilgrim on the great bird continent
Small birds, large thoughts
Ostrich stew
Come, little friend
Condors flying
An infinity of owls
Wildling in the Galápagos
Living science, dead birds
A naturalist's fancy
God and the nightingales
The naturalist's faith.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-276).
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
ISBN:
0316836648
OCLC:
61262393
Publisher Number:
9780316836647

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