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The Ghost with Trembling Wings: Science, Wishful Thinking and the Search for Lost Species

The Ghost with Trembling Wings: Science, Wishful Thinking and the Search for Lost Species

by ScottWeidensaul (Author)

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    Paperback 2003

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Synopsis

A thoughtful examination of the machinery of extinction . . . By turns harrowing and elegiac, thrilling and informative. --Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times

Three or four times an hour, eighty or more times a day, a unique species of plant or animal vanishes forever. And yet, every so often one of these lost species resurfaces. Having adventures most of us can only dream about (The Times-Picayune), Scott Weidensaul pursues stories of loss and recovery, of endurance against the odds, and of surprising resurrections.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 352
 Edition: Reprint
 Publisher: North Point Press US
Published: Jun 2003
ISBN 10: 0865476683
ISBN 13: 9780865476684

Media Reviews
Part natural history, part adventure story (starring Mr. Weidensaul as a kind of ecological-minded Indiana Jones, roaming the world in search of missing species). -- Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
At the core of Weidensaul' s book are fundamental questions about who we are, the state of our planet, and the faltering health of our ecosystems . . . [It] is as much about people as the animals they search for. -- Anthony Doerr, The Boston Globe
Scott Weidensaul ranks among an elite group of writer-naturalists-- Bruce Chatwin, John McPhee and David Quammen come to mind-- whose straightforward eloquence elevates ecology to the level of philosophy. -- Janice P. Nimura, Los Angeles Times

Part natural history, part adventure story (starring Mr. Weidensaul as a kind of ecological-minded Indiana Jones, roaming the world in search of missing species). -Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
At the core of Weidensaul's book are fundamental questions about who we are, the state of our planet, and the faltering health of our ecosystems . . . [It] is as much about people as the animals they search for. -Anthony Doerr, The Boston Globe
Scott Weidensaul ranks among an elite group of writer-naturalists-Bruce Chatwin, John McPhee and David Quammen come to mind-whose straightforward eloquence elevates ecology to the level of philosophy. -Janice P. Nimura, Los Angeles Times

Part natural history, part adventure story (starring Mr. Weidensaul as a kind of ecological-minded Indiana Jones, roaming the world in search of missing species). --Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times

At the core of Weidensaul's book are fundamental questions about who we are, the state of our planet, and the faltering health of our ecosystems . . . [It] is as much about people as the animals they search for. --Anthony Doerr, The Boston Globe

Scott Weidensaul ranks among an elite group of writer-naturalists--Bruce Chatwin, John McPhee and David Quammen come to mind--whose straightforward eloquence elevates ecology to the level of philosophy. --Janice P. Nimura, Los Angeles Times

Part natural history, part adventure story (starring Mr. Weidensaul as a kind of ecological-minded Indiana Jones, roaming the world in search of missing species). Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times

At the core of Weidensaul's book are fundamental questions about who we are, the state of our planet, and the faltering health of our ecosystems . . . [It] is as much about people as the animals they search for. Anthony Doerr, The Boston Globe

Scott Weidensaul ranks among an elite group of writer-naturalists--Bruce Chatwin, John McPhee and David Quammen come to mind--whose straightforward eloquence elevates ecology to the level of philosophy. Janice P. Nimura, Los Angeles Times


Part natural history, part adventure story (starring Mr. Weidensaul as a kind of ecological-minded Indiana Jones, roaming the world in search of missing species). --Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times

At the core of Weidensaul's book are fundamental questions about who we are, the state of our planet, and the faltering health of our ecosystems . . . [It] is as much about people as the animals they search for. --Anthony Doerr, The Boston Globe

Scott Weidensaul ranks among an elite group of writer-naturalists--Bruce Chatwin, John McPhee and David Quammen come to mind--whose straightforward eloquence elevates ecology to the level of philosophy. --Janice P. Nimura, Los Angeles Times

Author Bio

Scott Weidensaul is the author of Living on the Wind: Across the Hemisphere with Migratory Birds, which was a Pulitzer Prize finalist, and Mountains of the Heart. He lives in the Pennsylvania Appalachians.