Wild Thoughts From Wild Places
- ISBN-10
- 0613920368
- ISBN-13
- 9780613920360
- Category
- Literary Collections
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999-03-01
- Publisher
- Turtleback
- Author
- David Quammen
Description
A two-time winner of the "National Magazine" Award takes readers from the central Amazon to the streets of New York to explore scientific facts, ideas, and wonders.
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