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Gap in Nature : Discovering the World's Extinct Animals by Tim Flannery (2001, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherGROVE/Atlantic, Incorporated
ISBN-100871137976
ISBN-139780871137975
eBay Product ID (ePID)1966971
Product Key Features
Book TitleGap in Nature : Discovering the World's Extinct Animals
Number of Pages192 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicEnvironmental Conservation & Protection, Animals / General
Publication Year2001
IllustratorYes, Schouten, Peter
GenreNature
AuthorTim Flannery
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight44.1 Oz
Item Length11 in
Item Width9.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2001-033668
TitleLeadingA
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal591.6/8
SynopsisSince humans first wandered from their original habitat in Africa, over fifty millennia ago, they have radically altered the environment wherever they have gone, often at the cost of the animals who'd ruled the wild before mankind's arrival. Humanity's spread throughout the globe has begotten what paleontologist Richard Leakey has termed the "sixth age of extinction" -- the most deadly epoch the planet's fauna have seen since the demise of the dinosaurs. And in the last five hundred years, since the dawn of the age of exploration, this rate of extinction has accelerated ever more rapidly. In A Gap in Nature, scientist and historian Tim Flannery, in collaboration with internationally acclaimed wildlife artist Peter Schouten, catalogs 104 creatures that have vanished from the face of the earth since 1492. From the tiny Carolina parakeet to the majestic Steller's sea cow, which was over twenty-five feet long and weighed ten tons, all of these animals have become extinct as a direct result of the European expansion into every corner of the globe. Flannery evocatively tells the story of each animal: how it lived and how it succumbed to its terrible destiny. Accompanying each account is a beautiful color representation (life-size in the original painting) by Schouten, who has devoted years of his life to this extraordinary project. Animals from every continent are represented -- American passenger pigeons, Tasmanian wolves, and African blaauwboks -- in this homage to a lost Eden. This extraordinary book is at once a lament for the lost animals of the world and an ark to house them forever in human memory.
LC Classification NumberQL88.F54 2001
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- Oct 31, 2017
A Brilliant Read
What a great book, if you have any type of interest in animal extinction this book will grab you, from the written descriptions to the beautiful artwork. It is a thought provoking look at what human activity can lead to due to ignorance and greed.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Feb 16, 2017
A gap in nature
Well done,great story of the sixth extinction (man and exploration), wonderful illustrations. Reading Stone by Stone with this which has some common interest for meVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
