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"An engaging book."---Tom Tierney, New Scientist
"A fascinating, important, and timely book about a major icon of extinction."---Mark V. Barrow Jr., Science
"[A] moving and well thought out tale. . . . This book is an important part of an innocent species' life."---Deb Hirt, Muskogee Phoenix
"Much has been written about the demise of the Great Auk . . . and this work by Gísli Pálsson is an important addition to the body of work on this iconic and enigmatic species. It is scholarly and well-presented."---David Gascoigne, Travels with Birds

The Last of Its Kind

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    A Hardback by Gísli Pálsson

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      Publisher Princeton University Press
      Published 6 February 2024
      ISBN-13 9780691230986
      978-0691230986
      ISBN-10 0691230986
      Also in:
      Science & Nature Ecological science, the Biosphere Zoology: birds (ornithology)

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review
      "An engaging book."---Tom Tierney, New Scientist
      "A fascinating, important, and timely book about a major icon of extinction."---Mark V. Barrow Jr., Science
      "[A] moving and well thought out tale. . . . This book is an important part of an innocent species' life."---Deb Hirt, Muskogee Phoenix
      "Much has been written about the demise of the Great Auk . . . and this work by Gísli Pálsson is an important addition to the body of work on this iconic and enigmatic species. It is scholarly and well-presented."---David Gascoigne, Travels with Birds

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