Don t Blame the Puffins

Dorothy Childs Hogner / Nils Hogner (illust.)

Published by Oxford University Press, 1940

About this Item

When Gaspeʹ peninsula fisherman William Macintosh can t find the cod he catches for a living, he blames the millions of seabirds (including puffins) for catching his fish. Later, when he finds the fish again, he realizes that there are enough for all, and you shouldn t blame the puffins. (Sadly, wishful thinking the Grand Banks fishery, after 25 years of management, had, by 1977, reached a point of ecological collapse from which it has still not recovered.) Please note that this book is NOT about puffins. Polychrome illustrations. Clean, tight in boards. Seller Inventory # CB134

Bibliographic Details

Title: Don t Blame the Puffins

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Publication Date: 1940

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Edition: 1st Edition