Pilgrim on the great bird continent

the importance of everything and other lessons from Darwin's lost notebooks

1st ed.

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Pilgrim on the great bird continent

the importance of everything and other lessons from Darwin's lost notebooks

1st ed.

A narrative account of Charles Darwin's five-year voyage along the coastline of South America that describes his encounters with the region's rain forest, cliffs, and wildlife.

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Publisher
Little, Brown
Language
English
Pages
276

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Table of Contents

Darwin's bump of reverence
Watching for voices
Pilgrim on the great bird continent
Small birds, large thoughts
Ostrich soup
Come, little friend
Condors flying
An infinity of owls
Wildling in the Galapagos
Living science, dead birds
A naturalist's fancy
God and the nightingale
The naturalist's faith.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-276).

Published in
New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
508/.092
Library of Congress
QL689.S58 H38 2006, QL689.S58H38 2006

The Physical Object

Pagination
x, 276 p. :
Number of pages
276

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24704305M
Internet Archive
pilgrimongreatbi00haup
ISBN 10
0316836648
ISBN 13
9780316836647
LCCN
2005023262
OCLC/WorldCat
61262393

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