Description: A classic of environmental writing.

Condition: Trade paperback in pictorial cover. Dedication by author on flyleaf. Book is otherwise in like new condition: clean, crisp, tightly bound, and unmarked.

From the publisher’s promo: “Interweaving personal observation, scientific theory, and history, The Song of the Dodo examines the mysteries of evolution and extinction as they have been illuminated by the study of islands.

The isolation of islands makes them natural laboratories of evolutionary extravagance, as seen in the dragons of Komodo, the elephant birds of Madagascar, the giant tortoises of the Galapagos and Aldabra. But the dark message of island studies is that isolated bits of ecosystem, whether natural or man-made, are also hotbeds of extinction. And as the world's landscapes, from Tasmania to the Amazon rainforests to Yellowstone, are being carved into island-like fragments by human activity, the implications of this knowledge are more urgent than ever.

An unforgettable scientific adventure, a fascinating account of an eight-year journey of discovery, and a wake-up call for our time. David Quammen's The Song of the Dodo is a beautifully written book that takes the reader on a globe-circling tour of wild places and extraordinary ideas.”

CONTENTS: I Thirty-Six Persian Throw Rugs; II The Man Who Knew Islands; III So Huge a Bignes; IV Rarity unto Death; V Preston's Bell; VI The Coming Thing; VII The Hedgehog of the Amazon; VII The Song of the Indri ; IX World in Pieces;  X Message from Aru; Glossary; Author's Note; Acknowledgments; Source Notes; Bibliography; Index;

Biographical Note: David Quammen is a two-time National Magazine Award winner for, his science essays and other work in Outside magazine. The author of three novels and several other books, he is the recipient of an Academy award in literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

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