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Author

Quammen, David, 1948-

Title The reluctant Mr. Darwin : an intimate portrait of Charles Darwin and the making of his theory of evolution / David Quammen.

Publication Info.	New York : Atlas Books/Norton, [2006]
	�2006

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Location	Pub Note	Copy No.	Status
Flagg-Rochelle PL Adult Non Fiction - FRPY-12	576.8 DAR		AVAILABLE
Homer Twp PL - Main Adult Non-Fiction - HDBB-1	B DARWIN		AVAILABLE
Moline PL Adult Non-Fiction - MPLG-1	576.82 QUA		AVAILABLE
New Lenox PL Adult Biography - NLBB-1	B DAR		AVAILABLE
Putnam County SD 535 - HS Adult Biography - PCHG-2	92 DAR		AVAILABLE
Rock Island Main Lib Adult Biography - RIPG-1	B DARWIN		AVAILABLE
Woodstock PL Adult Non-Fiction - WOLY-11	576.82 DAR		AVAILABLE

Edition	1st ed.
Description	304 pages ; 22 cm.
	text txt rdacontent
	unmediated n rdamedia
	volume nc rdacarrier
Series	Great discoveries
	Great discoveries.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-283) and index.
Contents	Home and dry : an introduction -- The fabric falls : 1837-1839 -- The kiwi's egg : 1842-1844 -- Point of attachment : 1846-1851 -- A duck for Mr. Darwin : 1848-1857 -- His abominable volume : 1858-1859 -- The fittest idea : 1860 to the future -- The last beetle : 1876-1882.
Subject	Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.
	Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.
	Natural selection.
	Naturalists -- England -- Biography.
	Selection, Genetic -- England -- Biography.
	History, 19th Century -- England -- Biography.
	Science -- history -- England -- Biography.
ISBN	0393059812 (hardcover)
	9780393059816 (hardcover)