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Mr. Darwin's Shooter (Paperback)
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Mr. Darwin's Shooter (Paperback)
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From one of Australia's most acclaimed authors, a dazzling and
deeply imagined exploration of ambition, natural marvels, and
scientific discovery, and one of history's most significant crises
of faith. As a boy of thirteen, Syms Covington leaves his home in
Bedford and goes to sea, passing into manhood as he sails the
world, surveying Patagonia, and losing his virginity in the Pampas.
Aboard the HMS Beagle, he enters the service of Charles Darwin as
an energetic and precocious fifteen-year-old, and in the course of
their voyages together he shoots and collects hundreds of specimens
for his "gent," specimens that become fundamental to the
formulation of Darwin's theory of evolution. Now a crusty,
eccentric, near-deaf old man, Covington has settled in Australia
and is awaiting the arrival of the first copy of On the Origin of
Species. Beset by guilt over participating in a work that will
shake the human worldview to its foundations, he nonetheless
wonders what part of himself might be reflected in Darwin's oeuvre.
Mr. Darwin's Shooter captures its time with rare and dazzling
skill, evoking an unforgettable--but forgotten--man at a watershed
moment in history.
General
Imprint: |
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
May 2023 |
First published: |
2008 |
Authors: |
Roger McDonald
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Dimensions: |
211 x 139 x 26mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
364 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8021-4356-3 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Historical fiction
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LSN: |
0-8021-4356-3 |
Barcode: |
9780802143563 |
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