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Title: A Gap in Nature: Discovering the World's Extinct Animals by Tim F. Flannery, Peter Schouten ISBN: 0-87113-797-6 Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press Pub. Date: 07 October, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (8 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Gap in Nature
Comment: "A Gap in Nature" is a truly extraordinary book. It gives details of many species that are lost to us forever. The illustrations are beautiful. Each species that is covered has a matching picture, its range, and reasons why it became extinct. The human species is mostly to blame for the loss of many of these creatures with destruction of habitat, over hunting, and introduction of disease and predators. Some of the species like the Dodo bird, the Great Auk, the Passenger Pigeon, and the Carolina Parakeet are well known whereas others are not known. It's very sad in a way. We have been able to save the California Condor and the Whooping Crane, but have probably lost the Dusky Seaside Sparrow, the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker, and Bachman's Warbler in recent years. This book is excellent, but really only covers the tip of the iceberg when it comes to species we've lost forever.
Rating: 5
Summary: Hauntingly Beautiful
Comment: We've often heard about the loss to our world due to extinction. Flannery and Schouten put "faces" to this loss. These 'Ghosts of Species Past' represent just a handful of the things that we have directly or indirectly caused to disappear from the Earth. Many books try to give us an idea of the loss through descriptions and stories. What sets this book above the rest are the illustrations by Schouten. Often working with only skins, parts of the animal, or old drawings, he has created hauntingly beautiful illustrations of what these animals might have looked like were we to see them in their natural habitats. And that is what you will take away from this book, more than just the scope of loss, but the physical beauty and diversity that these animals represent. And that is a shame. Many of these animals were only seen a few times, so the information on them is sketchy, yet Schouten breathes life into these ancient corpses. The book's message will stay with you. Let's hope that we can cut back on contributing to the next volume in the world today.
Rating: 5
Summary: My only complaint is that it is too short
Comment: The author and illustrator in this book collaborate to show the reader some of the many species that have been lost to us. The illustrations are just beautiful and the blurbs are informative and to the point. After a while it seems that rats, cats, and Captain Cook caused the extinction of most of these. Fascinating reading.
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Title: The Future Eaters: An Ecological History of the Australian Lands and People by Tim F. Flannery ISBN: 0802139434 Publisher: Grove Press Pub. Date: November, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: The Eternal Frontier: An Ecological History of North America and Its Peoples by Tim Flannery ISBN: 0802138888 Publisher: Grove Press Pub. Date: May, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Animal: The Definitive Visual Guide to the World's Wildlife by Don E. Wilson, David Burnie ISBN: 0789477645 Publisher: DK Publishing Pub. Date: 01 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $50.00 |
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Title: Monster of God: The Man-Eating Predator in the Jungles of History and the Mind by David Quammen ISBN: 0393051404 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: 08 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: Extinct Birds by Errol Fuller ISBN: 080143954X Publisher: Cornell Univ Pr Pub. Date: April, 2001 List Price(USD): $49.95 |
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