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Chasing Kangaroos: A Continent, a Scientist, and a Search for the World's Most Extraordinary Creature Paperback - 2008

by Tim Flannery


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In his most personal book yet, Tim Flannery, the internationally acclaimed author of The Weather Makers, draws on three decades of travel, research, and field work to craft a love letter to his native land and one of its most unique and beloved inhabitants: the kangaroo. Crisscrossing the continent, Flannery shows us how the destiny of this extraordinary creature is inseparable from the environment that created it. Along the way he uses encounters with ancient aboriginal cultures and eccentric fossil hunters, farmers and scientists, kangaroo advocates and kangaroo hunters, to explore how Australia's deserts and rain forests have shaped human responses to the continent--and how kangaroos have evolved to handle the resulting challenges. Ultimately, Chasing Kangaroos is a captivating blend of memoir, travel, natural history, and evolutionary science--and further proof of Flannery's "offhand interdisciplinary brilliance" (Entertainment Weekly).

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  • Title Chasing Kangaroos: A Continent, a Scientist, and a Search for the World's Most Extraordinary Creature
  • Author Tim Flannery
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1 Reprint
  • Pages 272
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Grove Press, New York
  • Date 2008-08-05
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780802143716 / 0802143717
  • Weight 0.7 lbs (0.32 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.22 x 5.58 x 0.73 in (20.88 x 14.17 x 1.85 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Australian
    • Ethnic Orientation: Australian
  • Library of Congress subjects Australia - Description and travel, Human ecology - Australia
  • Dewey Decimal Code 599.222

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  • New York Times Book Review, 10/19/2008, Page 28
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