Pecked to Death by Ducks / Tim Cahill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cahill, Tim.

Contributor:

Running Press, publisher.

Running Press Imprint Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adventure stories, American.

Genre:

Frame stories.

Adventure fiction.

Frame-stories.

Action and adventure fiction.

Penn Provenance:

Teacher, Stuart (donor) (Running Press copy)

Physical Description:

xv, [1], 377, [7] pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First Edition

Place of Publication:

New York : Random House, 1993.

Contents:

The Unnatural World. Kuwait is burning: a postcard from the apocalypse; The throne of terror; Bolts of blue lightning; The game of living things; Marquesas magic; A dismal lack of mutilations; Cosmic camping

Tooth and Claw. Bear in mind; The bird; The bison ballet; A missive on moose; The llama dilemma; Last stand of the mountain gorilla; The clam scam

The Natural World. Lechuguilla; The big open; Look natural; Antarctic passages; The moronic sport, revisited; The moody waters of El Petén; Baja by kayak

Other People's Lives. Speak Oz; Sanghyang in Bali; Taquile; The miner's paradox; Chiloé: an island out of time; Moonwalk serenade [1978]; Calving season; Tracking 'em down; Missing

Risk. On risk; Rope tricks; Paraglider; Fly away; Is it fun yet?: a saga of sorority women on crampons; This is a cave, this is the end; Charioteer; Survival skills; The tomfoolery factor; The dangerous sports club; The howlings; Guilty as charged.

Notes:

"Book design by Lilly Langotsky."--Title page verso.

Local Notes:

Running Press Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2008 by Stuart "Buz" Teacher.

Running Press copy has dustjacket retained.

ISBN:

0679407359

9780679407355

OCLC:

26055506

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