Spix's Macaw: The Race to Save the World's Rarest Bird

Tony Juniper

ISBN 10: 074347550X / ISBN 13: 9780743475501

About this Item

Spix's Macaw: The Race to Save the World's Rarest Bird by Tony Juniper. Published by Atria Books/Simon & Schuster Inc, New York, NY, 2002. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardbound. Paper DJ. Size 8vo (up to 9-1/2'' tall). Condition: Nr Fine in Good DJ. Gift dedication in ink inside front cover. Name blacked out. 287 Pgs. ISBN 074347550X. This book examines the slow and publicized extinction of the titular bird, which vanished from the planet forever on December 1, 2000, in Brazil. Known as ''the world's loneliest bird,'' the Spix's Macaw serves an example, the author writes, of what gets lost when human obsession and greed for the exotic and rare drives us past reason. Illustrated with color photographs. Description text copyright 2006 BooksForComfort. Item ID 11140.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Spix's Macaw: The Race to Save the World's Rarest Bird
• ISBN 10: 074347550X
• ISBN 13: 9780743475501
• Binding: Hardback
• Edition: 1st edition.
• Printing: 1st printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

Describes the desperate race against time to save a rare blue parrot, the Spix's Macaw, from extinction, by calling for private collectors to allow their birds to mate with the last wild specimen.

About the Author

Tony Juniper is the executive director of Friends of the Earth. He lives in Cambridge, England, and campaigns worldwide on environmental issues. He coauthored Parrots, which was named the UK Library Association's "reference book of the year" in 1999.