The great auk / by Errol Fuller
- Bib ID:
- 2027299
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Fuller, Errol
- Description:
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- New York : Abrams, 1999
- 448 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 31 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0810963914
- Summary:
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"Perhaps the most curious of all vanished birds, the Great Auk commands an enormous following among naturalists. Not reliably seen since the year 1844, this remarkable bird - a flightless, penguin-like seabird native to the northern hemisphere - has become one of the great icons of extinction. Its strange and mysterious story is told in the pages of this book through more than 400 illustrations, bringing together almost every known archival image of the species, dramatic photographs of the lonely islands it once inhabited, artists' renderings of the bird, and intriguing pictures of the many fascinating characters who became involved in the Great Auk's tragic story."--BOOK JACKET.
- Full contents:
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- Ch. 1. The Great Auk
- Ch. 2. The Great Auk's Appearance
- Ch. 3. The Great Auk's Place in the World of Birds
- Ch. 4. The Life of the Great Auk
- Ch. 5. The Living Bird
- Ch. 6. Extermination
- Ch. 7. 1844
- Ch. 8. Auks and Men- The Cult of the Garefowl
- Ch. 9. The Birds
- Ch. 10. The Eggs
- Ch. 11. Skeletons, Mummies, Bones and Prehistory
- Ch. 12. Islands
- Ch. 13. Men
- Ch. 14. Names
- Ch. 15. Late Records, Anomalous Sightings and Cryptozoology
- App. 1. The Missing Birds of 1844
- App. 2. The Bidwell Photographs.
- Notes:
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- "A Peter N. Nevraumont book."
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 433-442) and index.
- Subject:
- Great auk
- Copyright:
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- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1999
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