The Last of Its Kind: The Search for the Great Auk and the Discovery of Extinction

by Gísli Pálsson

Shortlisted for the Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize
How an iconic bird's final days exposed the reality of human-caused extinction

The great auk is one of the most tragic and documented examples of extinction. A flightless bird that bred primarily on the remote islands of the North Atlantic, the last of its kind were killed in Iceland in 1844. G sli P lsson draws on firsthand accounts from the Icelanders who hunted the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691230986
• ISBN13: 9780691230986
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.5" x 8.6"