Beasts of the sea a novel
"Spanning three centuries and linked by a long-extinct denizen of the northern oceans, a sweeping and intimate tale about a fateful encounter between man and nature. In 1741, thirty-two-year-old naturalist Georg Wilhelm Steller joins Captain Bering's Great Northern Expedition to scout out a sea rout...
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| Language: | English Finnish |
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New York :
Little Brown & Co,
2025.
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| Edition: | First North American edition. |
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| 240 | 1 | 0 | |a Elolliset. |l English |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Beasts of the sea : |b a novel / |c Iida Turpeinen ; translated by David Hackston. |
| 250 | |a First North American edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a New York : |b Little Brown & Co, |c 2025. | |
| 300 | |a viii, 277 pages : |b illustration ; |c 23 cm | ||
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| 500 | |a Translation of "Elolliset", ©2023 Kustantamo S&S. | ||
| 520 | |a "Spanning three centuries and linked by a long-extinct denizen of the northern oceans, a sweeping and intimate tale about a fateful encounter between man and nature. In 1741, thirty-two-year-old naturalist Georg Wilhelm Steller joins Captain Bering's Great Northern Expedition to scout out a sea route from Asia to America. Plagued with hardships, captain and crew never reach their goal, but they do make a unique discovery, a gentle giant that will be named for the young explorer who described it: Steller's sea cow. In 1859, the governor of the Russian territory of Alaska sends his men to recover the skeleton of the massive marine mammal rumored to have vanished a hundred years before. Two years later, a revered Helsinki professor hires a talented illustrator--a woman!--to make precise drawings of a set of bones sent from afar. The ill-fated beast will help introduce to a skeptical public the concept of human-caused extinction. Finally, in 1952, the Museum of Zoology assigns its most talented restorer the task of refurbishing the antique skeleton, a testimony to the sea cow's fate that will fire the imaginations of future generations. A breathtaking literary achievement and an adventure that crosses continents and centuries, Beasts of the Sea is a tale of grand ambition, the quest for knowledge, and the urge to resurrect what humankind has, in its ignorance, destroyed." -- |c Provided by publisher. | ||
| 546 | |a In English, translated from the Finnish. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Steller's sea cow |v Fiction. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Zoologists |v Fiction. | |
| 655 | 7 | |a Historical fiction. |2 lcgft | |
| 690 | 0 | |a Blood, Ingrid tribute. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Hackston, David, |e translator. | |
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