[PDF.11ci] Return of the Crazy Bird: The Sad, Strange Tale of the Dodo

Return of the Crazy Bird: The Sad, Strange Tale of the Dodo

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 | #3442209 in Books |  2003-01-27 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.21 x.63 x6.14l,1.11 | File type: PDF | 216 pages

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||5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.| extinct in less than a century!|By nancyyipes|Subtitle of this book is "The Sad, Strange Tale of the Dodo" and so it is. Pinto-Correia mixes a bit of humor with a pleasant writing style, lots of relevant history and geography, and a sad shake of her head about how rapacious humans are.
It was a marvelously heady period in Europe's awakening after intellectual dark days an| ||From the reviews: |"Pinto-Correia recounts the history of the dodo, both as a biological specimen and as an enduring subject of cultural history and lore." |SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE |"The Dodo went from being newly discovered to extinction in less than a hundr

Using the history of the concept of extinction with the dodo as a case study, Pinto-Correia carefully weaves together story fragments to give a cohesive eye-opening view of 17th century exploration and the grave ramifications it had for the survival and extinction of many species. More importantly, she shows us the intellectual underpinnings of the old view that it was acceptable for some animals to die out. Within this narrative, we can see what the modern view of the d...

You easily download any file type for your device.Return of the Crazy Bird: The Sad, Strange Tale of the Dodo   |  Clara Pinto-Correia. Which are the reasons I like to read books. Great story by a great author.

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