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A daily journal consisting of 366 essays that cover events in natural history over the last 2500 years; includes entries on killer bees, werewolves, Georgia O'Keeffe, Josephine Baker's menagerie, Sherlock Holmes, and Picasso.
| Details | | Series: | Henry Holt Reference Book |
| Size | | Length: | 508 pages | | Height: | 10.0 in | | Width: | 8.0 in | | Thickness: | 1.8 in | | Weight: | 37.6 oz |
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Despite a note in the preface, the title of this work remains confusing; the subtitle is more revealing. The 366 brief essays in this "book of days" connect a date in history with some aspect of the natural world. Darwin appears often in the pages, but so do Thoreau, Mozart, Columbus, and Lewis Carroll. Topics range from The Creature from the Black Lagoon to the Black Plague, from termites to pet terriers, from an eclipse that stopped a battle on May 28, 585 B.C., to the end of the comic strip "Calvin and Hobbes" on December 31, 1995. Throughout, the author chronicles the influences that flora and fauna, the earth, and stars have had on human culture. This is a book to be savored. Recommend for all libraries, including personal ones. Bruce D. Neville, Univ. of New Mexico Lib., Albuquerque
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