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Why fish don't exist : a story of loss, love, and the hidden order of life  Cover Image Book Book

Why fish don't exist : a story of loss, love, and the hidden order of life / Lulu Miller ; illustrations by Kate Samworth.

Miller, Lulu, 1983- (author.). Samworth, Kate, (illustrator.).

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781501160271
  • ISBN: 1501160273
  • ISBN: 9781501160349
  • ISBN: 1501160346
  • Physical Description: 228 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.
Subject: Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931.
Stanford University > Presidents > Biography.
Naturalists > United States > Biography.
Ichthyologists > United States > Biography.
Educators > United States > Biography.
Biology > Classification.
United States.
Genre: Biographies.
Classification.

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  • 8 of 8 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Crawford County.

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  • 0 current holds with 8 total copies.
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Crawford County Library-Recklein Memorial-Cuba 590.92 MIL (Text) 33431000469583 Adult Non-Fiction 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.

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