The Hunt for the Golden Mole
All Creatures Great and Small, and Why They Matter
by Richard Girling
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Pub Date Jun 05 2014 | Archive Date May 26 2014
Random House UK, Vintage Publishing | Vintage Digital
Description
This story is a quest for an animal so rare that a sighting has never been recorded.
The Somali golden mole was first described in 1964, but the sole evidence for its existence is a tiny fragment of jawbone found in an owl pellet. Intrigued by this elusive creature, and what it can tell us about extinction and survival, Richard Girling embarks on a hunt to find the animal and its discoverer - an Italian professor who he thinks might still be alive...
Richard's journey comes at a time when one species - our own - is having to reconsider its relationship with every other. He delves into the history of exploration and cataloguing and the tall tales of the great hunters, traces the development of the conservation movement and addresses central issues of extinction and biodiversity.
A Note From the Publisher
UK edition – available to readers worldwide excluding USA and Canada.
Marketing Plan
this
is readable, engaging narrative non-fiction - has great charm, but at
the same time is provocative and tackles issues of great importance
Richard
Girling embarks on this quest - to find the mole but also to learn
about the science surrounding issues of extinction, biodiversity,
conservation etc - and so the reader learns with him
perfect
for fans of David Attenborough, Robert Macfarlane, Richard Mabey, Tim
Flannery, Mark Cocker - and for all those interested in the natural
world and man's attempts to protect it
Richard worked with organisations like FFI and London Zoo - so there may be opportunities to work with them at publication
Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9781448104734 |
| PRICE | £9.99 (GBP) |
