In this conservation classic, originally published fifty-five years ago, Fred Bodsworth tells the story of a solitary Eskimo curlew's perilous migration and search for a mate. The lone survivor comes to stand for the entirety of a species on the brink of extinction, and for all in nature that is endangered. This new paperback edition includes a foreword by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet W.S. Merwin and an afterword by Nobel Prize-winning physicist Murray Gell-Mann.
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In this conservation classic, originally published fifty-five years ago, Fred Bodsworth tells the story of a solitary Eskimo curlew's perilous migration and search for a mate. The lone survivor comes to stand for the entirety of a species on the brink of extinction, and for all in nature that is endangered. This new paperback edition includes a foreword by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet W.S. Merwin and an afterword by Nobel Prize-winning physicist Murray Gell-Mann.
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Add this copy of Last of the Curlews to cart. $4.98, good condition, Sold by Egensman Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Pensacola, FL, UNITED STATES, published 1987 by Dodd Mead.
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Shortt, T M. Good in dust jacket. tears on DJ edges. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 143 p. Edwin Way Teale Library of Nature Classics. Audience: General/trade.
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Very Good+ in Very Good-dust jacket. 0396091865. Hardcover with dustjacket, first printing of this "Edwin Way Teale Library of Nature Classics edition, " was first published in 1954, this beautifully-illustrated novel "offers a poignant and poetic tale of the last of a beautiful, now extinct species of birdlife, " book has two minor flaws only: a tiny bump to the top front corner and two pages with a short corner-crease at the bottom, the binding is clean and tight and the contents are fine, the jacket has edge-wear on the front panel, the original price is present and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included; The Edwin Way Teale Library Of Nature Classics; 143 pages.
Add this copy of Last of the Curlews (the Edwin Way Teale Library of to cart. $48.05, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1987 by Olympic Marketing Corp.