Tinkering with Eden : a natural history of exotic species in America / Kim Todd ; illustrations by Claire Emery.
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- ISBN: 0393323242
- Physical Description: viii, 302 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
- Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton, 2002.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Awards Note: | Winner of the Pen/Jerard award |
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Subject: | Animal introduction. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | QL 86 .T64 2001 | 30531102 | General Collection | Available | - |
Tinkering with Eden : A Natural History of Exotic Species in America
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Tinkering with Eden : A Natural History of Exotic Species in America
Mosquitoes in Hawaii, sea lampreys in the Great Lakes, mountain goats in the Olympic Mountains of Washington State--not one of these species is native to the environment in which it now flourishes. Kim Todd's Tinkering with Eden is a lyrical, brilliantly written history of the introduction of exotic species into the United Sates, and how the well-meaning endeavors of scientists, explorers, and biologists have resulted in ecological catastrophe. Todd's assured voice will haunt her readers, and the stories she tells--such as the druggist who brought starlings to America because he wanted the landscape to feature every bird mentioned by Shakespeare--will forever change how we see our increasingly afflicted landscape and its unanticipated inhabitants.