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Author:

Fuller, Randall, 1963- author.

Title:

The book that changed America : how Darwin's theory of evolution ignited a nation / Randall Fuller.

Publisher:

Viking,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

x, 294 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Darwin, Charles,--1809-1882.--On the origin of species.
Darwin, Charles,--1809-1882--Influence.
Evolution (Biology)--History--19th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary:

Traces the impact of Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" on a diverse group of writers, abolitionists, and social reformers, including Henry David Thoreau and Bronson Alcott, against a backdrop of growing tensions and transcendental idealism in 1860 America.

ISBN:

052542833X (hardcover)
9780525428336 (hardcover)

LCCN:

2016010344

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

FYPI314 -- Dubuque County Library - Asbury Branch (Asbury)

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UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

KAPF566 -- Keokuk Public Library (Keokuk)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

UJPE911 -- Norwalk Easter Public Library (Norwalk)

OUAX845 -- Dordt University (Sioux Center)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)