Pilgrim on the great bird continent : the importance of everything and other lessons from Darwin's lost notebooks / by Lyanda Lynn Haupt
2006, First Edition. New York : Little Brown. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 276 pages; Description: x, 276 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-276). Subjects: Darwin, Charles (1809-1882) --Beagle Expedition (1831-1836) --Birds --Natural history --South America. 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. Item #155657
ISBN: 0316836648
Price: €9.95