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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.
- 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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