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Wild Thoughts from Wild Places

Part of the David Quammen's essay collections series

A collection of thoughts, essays, stories, and profiles from nature provides a look at such different places as the central Amazon, the South Pacific, and Cincinnati, detailing such adventures as kayaking on a Class V river in Chile and tracing the spread of the Ebola virus.

Subject
sciencetravel
Themes
natureanimalsenvironmentwriters
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 304 pages
Form
essays

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