The great auk
By: by Errol Fuller.
Publisher: Abrams
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 448
Subjects: Great auk.
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 433-442) and index.
"A Peter N. Nevraumont book."