{"product_id":"twentiethcentury-man-9780063066410","title":"TwentiethCentury Man","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn exuberant biography of the life of the iconic photographer and naturalist Peter Beard, whose life and work captured the cultural imagination \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter Beard lived an astonishing life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The author succeeds in looking beyond Beard's surface appeal as the 'ideal avatar for our adventurous impulses, shirtless on a perpetual safari,' to explore what he calls Beard's fatalism, his 'heartbreak over the destruction of the natural world'...A vivid account of a life devoted to the African wild.\" — Kirkus Reviews  “Spirited… Wallace blends biography, art criticism, reportage and essayistic digressions to create a portrait of a man so disillusioned with civilization that he sought to ‘rewild himself.’ . . . the man is sharper as a result.” — Washington Post","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48864123814231,"sku":"9780063066410","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780063066410.jpg?v=1722270492","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/twentiethcentury-man-9780063066410","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}