num_pages: 352
description: "A thoughtful examination of the machinery of extinction . . . By turns harrowing and elegiac, thrilling and informative." ―Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times Three or four times an hour, eighty or more times a day, a unique species of plant or animal vanishes forever. And yet, every so often one of these lost species resurfaces. "Having adventures most of us can only dream about" ( The Times-Picayune ), Scott Weidensaul pursues stories of loss and recovery, of endurance against the odds, and of surprising resurrections.
language: English
title: The Ghost with Trembling Wings: Science, Wishful Thinking, and the Search for Lost Species
titlecomplete: The Ghost with Trembling Wings: Science, Wishful Thinking, and the Search for Lost Species
genres: Nature, Birds, History, Travel, Biology, Science, Animals, Ornithology, Nonfiction, Natural History
ratings_count: 342
publisher: North Point Press