On Extinction: How We Became Estranged from Nature

by Melanie Challenger

Book Overview

Realizing the link between her own estrangement from nature and the cultural shifts that led to a dramatic rise in extinctions, award-winning writer Melanie Challenger travels in search of the stories behind these losses. From an exploration of an abandoned mine in England to an Antarctic sea voyage to South Georgia's old whaling stations, from a sojourn in South America to a stay among an Inuit community in Canada, she uncovers species, cultures,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1619020181
• ISBN13: 9781619020184
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: Counterpoint LLC
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.0"