Mama Poc: An Ecologist's Account of the Extinction of a Species

By Anne LaBastille

Book Overview

The bestselling author of Woodswoman and Beyond Black Bear Lake relates her own attempts to halt the decline of a single species of bird found only in Guatemala.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393028305
• ISBN13: 9780393028300
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 313 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.9" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Best of the Best

Of all Anne LaBastille's books, this is my favorite. She practices what she preaches and heads to South America where she documents the extinction of a species. Her compassion for the environment coupled with her own personal narrative make for very compelling reading.The only thing I do not understand is why so many of her books are out of print. The Woodswoman series should be required reading in college courses and...

Behind the extinction of a species

Every year, newspapers dole out articles about the endangered or even extinction of a species somewhere on the globe. Yet, few describe the multitude of reasons for this event, much less the brave people who fight the battles. Dr. Anne LaBastille's, "Mama Poc" details the myriad of mistakes and consequences of the now extinct Atitlan giant grebe. Starting over 25 years ago, Dr. LaBastille started a one-person movement...

A tale of extinction told in a moving, but unsentimental way

Among all the tales of commitment to a cause, personal loss, and bravery to face the world despite the heartbreaks it brings, Anne LaBastille's story of the decline and eventual extinction of the giant pied-billed grebe of Guatemala's Lake Atitlan is a winner. Beginning with the author's arrival at the lake in 1965, the memoir-cum natural history tells the saga of how the young naturalist came to fall in love with...