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The Secret Islands: An Exploration

The Secret Islands: An Exploration

Russell, Franklin

Paperback

BirdsEnvironmental StudiesNature Writing

ISBN10: 0393335860
ISBN13: 9780393335866
Publisher: W W Norton & Co
Published: Jan 1 1966
Pages: 252
Weight: 0.71
Height: 0.57 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
This is a magically well-written ornithological binge in flight from civilization, by the author of Argen, The Gull, and Watchers at the Pond. New Zealand born Russell, too long caged on Manhattan, longs to visit some remote islands. He finds them off the coast of Newfoundland, almost solely inhabited by gulls, petrels and near-relatives of the great auk. Although he is physically stimulated by the outdoor life, he is also plunged into exhausting speculation about the meaning of life and death in the natural orders...Russell's wasteland scenery is climactic, effective, and this is natural history with philosophical overtones. - Kirkus Review

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