The Ghost With Trembling Wings: Science, Wishful Thinking, and the Search for Lost Species

Three or four times an hour, eighty or more times a day, a unique species of plant or animal vanishes forever. And yet, every so often one of these lost species resurfaces. 'Having adventures most of us can only dream about' (The Times-Picayune), Scott Weidensaul pursues stories of loss and recovery, of endurance against the odds, and of surprising resurrections. This is a book of exploration and a survey of the frontiers of modern science and wildlife biology.  It is the story of our desire for a wilder, bigger, more complete world.