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Language: English
Published by Atlantic Monthly Press, 2001
- Hardcover
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- Title
- A Gap in Nature: Discovering the World's Extinct Animals
- Author
- Flannery, Tim
- Publisher
- Atlantic Monthly Press
- Publication year
- 2001
- Condition
- Good
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0871137976
- ISBN 13
- 9780871137975
- Illustrator
- Schouten, Peter
- Item weight
- 2.85 pounds
An illustrated journey through a lost world introduces readers to the many species of animals that have become extinct over the past five centuries as the result of European expansion into various regions of the world, including the great auk, Carolina parakeet, thylacine, passenger pigeon, Tasmanian wolf, and others.
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Review
'Tim Flannery is in the league of the all-time great explorers like Dr David Livingstone.' -- Sir David Attenborough
'fascinating because each story is different...a readable, captivating account of the effect of people on other species.' -- The Age, Australia
'fascinating because each story is different...a readable, captivating account of the effect of people on other species.' -- The Age, Australia
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