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The last tortoise : a tale of extinction in our lifetime
- Title
- The last tortoise : a tale of extinction in our lifetime / Craig B. Stanford.
- Author
- Stanford, Craig B. (Craig Britton), 1956-
- Publication
- Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2010.
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Details
- Description
- viii, 210 p., [16] p. of plates : col. ill.; 22 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-199) and index.
- Contents
- The tortoise and the hare? -- What exactly are tortoises and turtles? -- Live long and prosper -- No respect for the ancient lands -- Eating tortoises -- "Such huge defourmed creatures" -- Beloved captives -- Are there solutions? -- Achilles and the tortoise -- Appendixes. Extremes of the tortoise world. Tortoises on the brink of extinction. Tortoise species.
- Call Number
- JSD 12-129
- ISBN
- 9780674049925 (alk. paper)
- 0674049926 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2009053340
- OCLC
- 456169882
- Author
- Stanford, Craig B. (Craig Britton), 1956-
- Title
- The last tortoise : a tale of extinction in our lifetime / Craig B. Stanford.
- Imprint
- Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2010.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-199) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JSD 12-129