This brilliantly written history of the introduction of exotic species into the United States, and how the well-meaning endeavors of scientists, explorers, and biologists have resulted in ecological catastrophe.
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This brilliantly written history of the introduction of exotic species into the United States, and how the well-meaning endeavors of scientists, explorers, and biologists have resulted in ecological catastrophe.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7; W W Norton & Co Inc, 2001. Signed by Author. Second Printing of First Edition. Winner of the Pen/Jerard Award. Hardcover Book and Jacket in FINE Condition. Mylar jacket cover. 302 pages. Beautiful B/W drawing by Claire Emery throughout. Clean, bright, solid volume. Kim Todd tells about various species of plants and animals imported to the United States, beginning with the first Europeans to North America, seeking to recreate the landscapes they left behind or to improve upon what they found--sometimes with disastrous results. Here are tales about various such importations, with humor, with science--the stories about some of the more than 4000 exotic birds, insects, mammals, and other creatures that have slipped into the ecological systems of North America. 302 pages. 8vo. 2001, W W Norton & Co., Inc.
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Emery, Claire. Very good in very good dust jacket. SIGNED and inscribed by author on half-title page. 1st edition, 1st printing, complete number line. Slight edgewear to dust jacket. Minor shelfwear to bottoms of boards. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 302 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. The PEN/Jerard Award-winning story of the introduction of exotic species into the New World ecosystem by the author of 'Chrysalis, Maria Sibylla Merian and the Secrets of Metamorphosis' and 'Sparrow'. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a protective mylar sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box.
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