The Birds of Paradise: Alfred Russel Wallace: a Life

The Birds of Paradise: Alfred Russel Wallace: a Life

by William Bryant
The Birds of Paradise: Alfred Russel Wallace: a Life

The Birds of Paradise: Alfred Russel Wallace: a Life

by William Bryant

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Overview

A biography of one of the world's great naturalists, with details of his explorations on the Amazon and in the Malay Archipelago. Wallace's hidden sexual life, the world of Victorian science and gay sexuality, and the struggles of a great thinker to survive in a hostile social environment are described in lavish detail.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780595380411
Publisher: iUniverse, Incorporated
Publication date: 03/08/2006
Pages: 280
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.63(d)
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