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On the Backs of Tortoises

Darwin, the Galapagos, and the Fate of an Evolutionary Eden

by Elizabeth Hennessy

On the Backs of Tortoises

Hardcover, 310 pages, Yale Univ Pr, List Price: $30 |

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Title: On the Backs of Tortoises
Subtitle: Darwin, the Galapagos, and the Fate of an Evolutionary Eden
Author: Elizabeth Hennessy

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'On The Backs Of Tortoises' Challenges Us To Consider How Much Of Life Is Intertwined

November 1, 2019 • Nominally an environmental and social history of the Galápagos Islands, it lays bare the entangled issues confronting us as we attempt conservation efforts while facing a sweeping ecological crisis.