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Dead Serious: Wild Hope Amid the Sixth Extinction
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•Following in the footsteps of Michael Soule, the founder of Conservation Biology, Knapp anchors each chapter on one of Soule's 18 concepts of animal extinction
•Author is a professor of intercultural studies and biology at Houghton College and teaches courses in human ecology, wildlife behaviour, ornithology, and Swahili; in Dead Serious, he abandons academic jargon, offering narrative–driven chapters infused with scientific knowledge and a playful love of language
•This book follows THP's Fall 2018 publication of The Delightful Horror of Family Birding by Eli J. Knapp, which has sold well for us, was well–reviewed in the trades, and received national media attention in Forbes and Sierra Magazine
•Knapp is a regular contributor to Bird Watcher's Digest, New York State Conservationist, and other periodicals, with contacts at High Country News and Houghton Magazine
© 2021 Torrey House Press (Ebook): 9781948814416
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