Last of the Curlews

Last of the Curlews
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Publisher : Catapult
Total Pages : 118
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ISBN-10 : 9781582438863
ISBN-13 : 1582438862
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Book Synopsis Last of the Curlews by : Fred Bodsworth

Download or read book Last of the Curlews written by Fred Bodsworth and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2011-05-01 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this conservation classic, originally published more than sixty 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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