Among the Islands
- ISBN-10
- 1443413577
- ISBN-13
- 9781443413572
- Series
- Among the Islands
- Category
- Adventure and adventurers
- Pages
- 246
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011-12-31
- Publisher
- HarperPerennial
- Author
- Tim Fridtjof Flannery
Description
A Globe and Mail Best Book of 2012 Twenty-five years ago, a young Australian museum curator named Tim Flannery set out to research the fauna of the Pacific Islands. Starting with a survey of one of the most inaccessible islands in Melanesia, the young scientist found himself ghost whispering, snake wrestling and quadoi hunting, all the while in search of a small bat that turned out not to be earth-shatteringly interesting. With accounts of discovering, naming and sometimes eating new mammal species; being thwarted or aided by local customs; and undertaking historic scientific expeditions, Flannery, now one of the world's top environmentalists, takes us on an enthralling journey through some of the most diverse and spectacular places on earth.
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