Pilgrim on the great bird continent
Subtitle: the importance of everything and other lessons from Darwin's lost notebooks
By: Lyanda Lynn Haupt
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Little, Brown
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780316836647
Subjects: Alumni Authors; Beagle Expedition (1831-1836); Vögel; Natural history; Birds; Whitman College
Description: A narrative account of Charles Darwin's five-year voyage along the coastline of South America that describes his encounters with the region's rain forest, cliffs, and wildlife.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-276).
Table of contents: title: Darwin's bump of reverence; title: Watching for voices; title: Pilgrim on the great bird continent; title: Small birds, large thoughts; title: Ostrich soup; title: Come, little friend; title: Condors flying; title: An infinity of owls; title: Wildling in the Galapagos; title: Living science, dead birds; title: A naturalist's fancy; title: God and the nightingale; title: The naturalist's faith.