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Author Flannery, Tim F. (Tim Fridtjof), 1956-

Title Chasing kangaroos : a continent, a scientist, and a search for the world's most extraordinary creature / Tim Flannery.

Publication Info. New York : Grove Press, 2007.
2004.

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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  599.2 FLANNERY    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  599.222 FLANNERY    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  599.2 FLA    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  599.222 FLANNERY    Check Shelf
 Marlborough, Richmond Memorial Library - Adult Department  599.2 FLANNERY    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  599.2 F61    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  599.222 FLAN    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  599.2 FL    Check Shelf
Edition First American edition.
Description 258 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
Note Originally published: Country : a continent, a scientist & a kangaroo. Melbourne : Text Pub., 2004.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [253]-255) and index.
Contents Map -- Introduction : Vanished country -- 1. A failed circumnavigation -- 2. Captain Cook's kangaroo -- 3. Quokkas, Euros and stinkers -- 4. The last of the frontier -- 5. Of nailtails and nailed tyres -- 6. Kangaroo essence -- 7. Dead-end in the Inland Sea -- 8. The mystery of hopping -- 9. The brightest place on Earth -- 10. The oldest kangaroo -- 11. Skeletons in the dead centre -- 12. Where the great roos came from -- 13. The age of kangaroos -- 14. Advancing with feet or stomach? -- 15. Grass for the kangaroos -- 16. Not formed for such work -- 17. Land of giants -- 18. Is the answer 46? -- 19. World conquest -- 20. A dingo-driven revolution -- 21. The age of mammals in Australia -- 22. The Groote Eylandt -- 23. The true experts -- 24. Symbols of the New Land -- 25. Oolacunta! -- 26. Re-making country -- Postscript -- Family tree -- Acknowledgments -- General bibliography -- Index.
Summary Conservationist Flannery draws on three decades of travel, research, and field work to craft a love letter to his native land and one of its most unique and beloved inhabitants: the kangaroo. Crisscrossing the continent, Flannery shows us how the destiny of this extraordinary creature is inseparable from the environment that created it. Along the way he uses encounters with ancient aboriginal cultures and eccentric fossil hunters, farmers and scientists, kangaroo advocates and kangaroo hunters, to explore how Australia's deserts and rainforests have shaped human responses to the continent--and how kangaroos have evolved to handle the resulting challenges. A synthesis of memoir, travel, natural history, and evolutionary science.--From publisher description.
Subject Kangaroos -- Evolution.
Macropodidae -- Australia.
Extinct animals -- Australia.
Extinction (Biology) -- Australia.
Natural history -- Australia.
Human ecology -- Australia.
Australia -- Description and travel.
Flannery, Tim F. (Tim Fridtjof), 1956-
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ISBN 0802118526
9780802118523
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