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An Obsession with Butterflies: Our Long Love Affair with a Singular Insect

An Obsession with Butterflies: Our Long Love Affair with a Singular Insect

by SharmanAptRussell (Author)

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    Hardcover 2003

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Synopsis

This study of butterfies through their life cycles helps reveal the logic behind our fascination with butterflies. It explains the passion of legendary collectors such as the tragic Eleanor Glanville and brilliant Henry Bates and takes us inside some of the most prestigious natural history museums.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 256
 Edition: First Edition
 Publisher: William Heinemann Ltd
Published: 06 Nov 2003
ISBN 10: 0434012173
ISBN 13: 9780434012176
Book Overview: The story of man's fascination with butterflies, as symbols, as objects of beauty, and of obsession. In the tradition of Susan Orlean's The Orchid Thief.

Media Reviews
Evocative...An Obsession with Butterflies offers a short but engrossing tour of their fascinating world.
Author Bio
Sharman Apt Russell is the author of Anatomy of a Rose. She teaches writing at Western New Mexico University and at Antioch University in Los Angeles, California.