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Author Raby, Peter

Title Alfred Russel Wallace : a life / Peter Raby
Published Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2001

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 340 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps
Contents Cover Page -- Half-title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Maps -- Foreword and Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Evolution of a Naturalist -- 3. Apprenticeship on the Amazon -- 4. Hunting the White Umbrella Bird -- 5. Planning the Next Expedition -- 6. The Land of the Orang-utan -- 7. Heading East -- 8. In Search of Paradise Birds -- 9. The Return of the Wanderer -- 10. Wallace Transformed -- 11. Man and Mind -- 12. The Big Trees -- 13. The Future of the Race -- 14. The Last Orchard -- 15. The Old Hero -- Abbreviations -- Notes
Notes Originally published: London : Chatto & Windus, 2001
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 320-326) and index
Subject Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913.
SUBJECT Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913 fast
Subject Naturalists -- England -- Biography
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology
Naturalists
England
Genre/Form Biographies
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780691222431
0691222436