Tinkering with Eden - by Kim Todd (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A bewitching look at nonnative species in American ecosystems, by the heir apparent to McKibben and Quammen.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Mosquitoes in Hawaii, sea lampreys in the Great Lakes, mountain goats in the Olympic Mountains of Washington State--not one of these species is native to the environment in which it now flourishes. Kim Todd's <em>Tinkering with Eden</em> is a lyrical, brilliantly written history of the introduction of exotic species into the United Sates, and how the well-meaning endeavors of scientists, explorers, and biologists have resulted in ecological catastrophe. Todd's assured voice will haunt her readers, and the stories she tells--such as the druggist who brought starlings to America because he wanted the landscape to feature every bird mentioned by Shakespeare--will forever change how we see our increasingly afflicted landscape and its unanticipated inhabitants.
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