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Presents the story of how a misguided decision by Robert FitzRoy, captain of the HMS Beagle, precipitated his employment of a young naturalist named Charles Darwin, and how the clash between FitzRoy's fundamentalist views and Darwin's discoveries led to FitzRoy's descent into the abyss.
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"A detailed . portrait of a man whose talents should have earned him a higher place in history." -- Kirkus Reviews
"A fascinating account." -- Edmonton Sun
A fascinating account. --Edmonton Sun
"Nichols delivers a dramatic, highly colored narrative about the head-on collision between two worldviews."--Washington Post
"A well-written and lively tale, filled with insightful analysis and telling details."--Seattle Times
"A powerful story played out against a beguiling landscape."--New York Times Book Review
"A fascinating account ... a finely researched, engaging book."--Atlanta Journal-Constitution
"A fascinating account."--Edmonton Sun
"A detailed ... portrait of a man whose talents should have earned him a higher place in history."--Kirkus Reviews
"[It's] hard not to share Nichols' fascination with how FitzRoy...inadvertantly set off a scientfic controversy."--Publishers Weekly
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"A fascinating account." -- Edmonton Sun
A fascinating account. --Edmonton Sun
"Nichols delivers a dramatic, highly colored narrative about the head-on collision between two worldviews."--Washington Post
"A well-written and lively tale, filled with insightful analysis and telling details."--Seattle Times
"A powerful story played out against a beguiling landscape."--New York Times Book Review
"A fascinating account ... a finely researched, engaging book."--Atlanta Journal-Constitution
"A fascinating account."--Edmonton Sun
"A detailed ... portrait of a man whose talents should have earned him a higher place in history."--Kirkus Reviews
"[It's] hard not to share Nichols' fascination with how FitzRoy...inadvertantly set off a scientfic controversy."--Publishers Weekly
Peter Nichols taught creative writing at NYU in Paris and Georgetown University, and presently teaches at Bowdoin College.
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- PublisherHarper Collins
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0732274788
- ISBN 13 9780732274788
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