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256 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)
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The ostrich is one of nature's misfits: a gigantic bird that can neither fly nor sing. But the fin-de-siecle fetish for feathers made ostrich plumes more precious than gold. Rob Nixon grew up near the South African desert where ostriches first boo...
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256 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)
ISBN/UID: None
Format: Not specified
Language: English
Publisher: Not specified
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The ostrich is one of nature's misfits: a gigantic bird that can neither fly nor sing. But the fin-de-siecle fetish for feathers made ostrich plumes more precious than gold. Rob Nixon grew up near the South African desert where ostriches first boo...
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