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A GAP IN NATURE: DISCOVERING WORLD'S EXTINCT ANIMALS By Tim Flannery - Hardcover

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ISBN
9780871137975

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
GROVE/Atlantic, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0871137976
ISBN-13
9780871137975
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1966971

Product Key Features

Book Title
Gap in Nature : Discovering the World's Extinct Animals
Number of Pages
192 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Environmental Conservation & Protection, Animals / General
Publication Year
2001
Illustrator
Yes, Schouten, Peter
Genre
Nature
Author
Tim Flannery
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
44.1 Oz
Item Length
11 in
Item Width
9.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2001-033668
TitleLeading
A
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
591.6/8
Synopsis
Since humans first wandered from their original habitat in Africa, over fifty millennia ago, they have radically altered the environment wherever they have gone, often at the cost of the animals who'd ruled the wild before mankind's arrival. Humanity's spread throughout the globe has begotten what paleontologist Richard Leakey has termed the "sixth age of extinction" -- the most deadly epoch the planet's fauna have seen since the demise of the dinosaurs. And in the last five hundred years, since the dawn of the age of exploration, this rate of extinction has accelerated ever more rapidly. In A Gap in Nature, scientist and historian Tim Flannery, in collaboration with internationally acclaimed wildlife artist Peter Schouten, catalogs 104 creatures that have vanished from the face of the earth since 1492. From the tiny Carolina parakeet to the majestic Steller's sea cow, which was over twenty-five feet long and weighed ten tons, all of these animals have become extinct as a direct result of the European expansion into every corner of the globe. Flannery evocatively tells the story of each animal: how it lived and how it succumbed to its terrible destiny. Accompanying each account is a beautiful color representation (life-size in the original painting) by Schouten, who has devoted years of his life to this extraordinary project. Animals from every continent are represented -- American passenger pigeons, Tasmanian wolves, and African blaauwboks -- in this homage to a lost Eden. This extraordinary book is at once a lament for the lost animals of the world and an ark to house them forever in human memory.
LC Classification Number
QL88.F54 2001

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  • by gavin7106
    31 Oct, 2017

    A Brilliant Read

    What a great book, if you have any type of interest in animal extinction this book will grab you, from the written descriptions to the beautiful artwork. It is a thought provoking look at what human activity can lead to due to ignorance and greed.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: e2lvb1LVRmq@Deleted

  • by collectem
    16 Feb, 2017

    A gap in nature

    Well done,great story of the sixth extinction (man and exploration), wonderful illustrations. Reading Stone by Stone with this which has some common interest for me

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: flubbertwo

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