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Why fish don't exist : a story of loss, love, and the hidden order of life
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- ISBN: 9781501160271
- ISBN: 1501160273
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Physical Description:
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225 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm - Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2020.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-225). |
| Formatted Contents Note: | A boy with his head in the stars -- A prophet on an island -- A godless interlude -- Chasing tail -- Genesis in a jar -- Smash -- The indestructible -- On delusion -- The bitterest thing in the world -- A veritable chamber of horrors -- The ladder -- Dandelions -- Deus ex machina. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Homer Public Library | 590.92 MIL (Text) | 000158413 | Nonfiction | Available | - |
Summary:
Nineteenth-century scientist David Starr Jordan built one of the most important fish specimen collections ever seen, until the 1906 San Francisco earthquake shattered his life's work.