The reluctant Mr. Darwin an intimate portrait of Charles Darwin and the making of his theory of evolution

Main Author:	Quammen, David, 1948-
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Atlas Books/Norton , c2006.
Edition:	1st ed.
Series:	Great discoveries
Subjects:	Stein, Sylvia tribute Darwin, Charles, > 1809-1882. Natural selection. Naturalists > England > Biography.

Physical Description:	304 p. ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-283) and index.
ISBN:	0393059812 (hardcover)
Author Notes:	Writer David Quammen grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio and was later educated at both Yale and Oxford Universities. Quammen began his career by writing for The Christian Science Monitor, the National Center for Appropriate Technology, and Audubon, Esquire, Rolling Stone, and Harpers Magazines. He wrote the novels The Soul of Viktor Tronko and The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinctions, which won the 1997 New York Public Library Helen Bernstein Award for Excellence in Journalism. He also received two National Magazine Awards for his column "Natural Acts" in Outside magazine. (Bowker Author Biography)