num_pages: 364
description: Chronicles the life of Syms Covington--a fifteen-year-old boy who becomes Charles Darwin's shooter and collector of specimens--from his early maritime adventures with evangelical sailor John Phipps to his later years as he awaits his copy of The Origin of the Species and ponders his part in altering the way the world thinks. 40,000 first printing.
language: English
title: Mr. Darwin's Shooter
titlecomplete: Mr. Darwin's Shooter
characters: Syms Covington, Charles Darwin
genres: Fiction, Historical, Religion, Australia, Biology, Literature, Novels, Adult Fiction, Historical Fiction, Research
ratings_count: 510
awards: awardedAt: 915177600000
name: New South Wales Premier's Literary Award
category: Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Victorian Premier's Literary Award
category: Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction
publisher: Atlantic Monthly Pr