Who Killed the Great Auk?

by Jeremy Gaskell

Book Overview

Part scientific mystery, part cultural history, part intellectual archaeology, Who Killed the Great Auk? vividly tells the story of the extinction that helped launch the first conservation movement.
The Great Auk was a large, flightless bird with tiny wings and an enormous beak. Its clumsy, erect gait on land made it an easy target for sailors and landsmen alike, who hunted it for its ample flesh and soft down, and eagerly gathered its eggs...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198564783
• ISBN13: 9780198564782
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.5"