Mr. Darwins Shooter
by By McDonald, Roger
Category: Fiction , Historical

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.