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03266cam a2200421 a 4500 001 FAB854762AFE11DE94E19907A8D7520A 003 SILO 005 20230510010042 008 020403s2001 njuab b 001 0beng 010 $a 2001087448 020 $a 9780691006956 020 $a 0691006954 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d NGU $d IQU $d WSL $d BAKER $d NLGGC $d UKM $d BTCTA $d LVB $d YDXCP $d OCLCG $d IOU $d SILO 043 $a e-uk-en 050 00 $a QH31.W2 $b R33 2001b 082 00 $a B $a B $2 21 084 $a 42.01 $2 bcl 100 1 $a Raby, Peter. 245 1 $a Alfred Russel Wallace : $b a life / $c Peter Raby. 260 $a Princeton, N.J. : $b Princeton University Press, $c c2001. 300 $a xi, 340 p. : $b ill., maps ; $c 25 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 320-326) and index. 505 8 $a Machine generated contents note: 1 Introduction 1 -- 2 The Evolution of a Naturalist 6 -- 3 Apprenticeship on the Amazon 34 -- 4 Hunting the White Umbrella Bird 59 -- 5 Planning the Next Expedition 83 -- 6 The Land of the Orang-utan 100 -- 7 Heading East 117 -- 8 In Search of Paradise Birds 135 -- 9 The Return of the Wanderer 163 -- 10 Wallace Transformed 184 -- 11 Man and Mind 200 -- 12 The Big Trees 227 -- 13 The Future of the Race 250 -- 14 The Last Orchard 270 -- 15 The Old Hero 285. 520 $a This biography of Wallace traces the development of one of the most remarkable scientific travelers, naturalists, and thinkers of the nineteenth century. Peter Raby reveals his subject as a courageous, unconventional explorer and a man of exceptional humanity. He draws more extensively on Wallace's correspondence than has any previous biographer and offers a revealing yet balanced account of the relationship between Wallace and Darwin. Wallace lacked Darwin's advantages. A largely self-educated native of Wales, he spent four years in the Amazon in his mid-twenties collecting specimens for museums and wealthy patrons, only to lose his finds in a shipboard fire in the mid-Atlantic. He vowed never to travel again. Yet two years later he was off to the East Indies on a vast eight-year trek where he discovered countless species and identified the point of divide between Asian and Australian fauna, 'Wallace's Line.' After his return, he plunged into numerous controversies and published regularly until his death at the age of ninety, in 1913. He penned a classic volume on his travels, founded the discipline of biogeography, promoted natural selection, and produced a distinctive account of mind and consciousness in man. 600 10 $a Wallace, Alfred Russel, $d 1823-1913. 650 0 $a Naturalists $z England $v Biography. 650 17 $a Evolutietheorie. $2 gtt 600 16 $a Wallace, Alfred Russel, $d 1823-1913. 650 6 $a Naturalistes $z Angleterre $v Biographies. 856 41 $3 Table of contents $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/prin031/2001087448.html 856 42 $3 Publisher description $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/prin022/2001087448.html 941 $a 4 952 $l O3AX572 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l SOAX911 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l UTAX115 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l UTAX314 $d 20090701080000.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=FAB854762AFE11DE94E19907A8D7520A 994 $a 03 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search