The Last of Its Kind: The Search for the Great Auk and the Discovery of Extinction

Author:   Gísli Pálsson
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
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9780691230986


Pages:   328
Publication Date:   06 February 2024
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Gísli Pálsson
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
Imprint:   Princeton University Press
ISBN:  

9780691230986


ISBN 10:   0691230986
Pages:   328
Publication Date:   06 February 2024
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.

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"""[A] moving and well thought out tale. . . . This book is an important part of an innocent species' life.""---Muskogee Phoenix, Deb Hirt ""Much has been written about the demise of the Great Auk . . . and this work by Gísli Pálsson is an important addition to the body of work on this iconic and enigmatic species. It is scholarly and well-presented.""---David Gascoigne, Travels with Birds"


"""[A] moving and well thought out tale. . . . This book is an important part of an innocent species' life.""---Muskogee Phoenix, Deb Hirt"


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Gsli Plsson is professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of Iceland. His books include The Human Age, Down to Earth, and The Man Who Stole Himself.

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