David Quammen
Autore di The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinction
Sull'Autore
Writer David Quammen grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio and was later educated at both Yale and Oxford Universities. Quammen began his career by writing for The Christian Science Monitor, the National Center for Appropriate Technology, and Audubon, Esquire, Rolling Stone, and Harpers Magazines. He wrote mostra altro the novels The Soul of Viktor Tronko and The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinctions, which won the 1997 New York Public Library Helen Bernstein Award for Excellence in Journalism. He also received two National Magazine Awards for his column "Natural Acts" in Outside magazine. (Bowker Author Biography) David Quammen is the author of "The Boilerplate Rhino" & "The Song of the Dodo." Among his honors are two National Magazine Awards for his writing in "Outside." (Bowker Author Biography) David Quammen is a two-time winner of the National Magazine Award for his science essays & other work in "Outside" magazine. He is the author of three novels & several other books, including the award-winning "The Song of the Dodo". He lives in Bozeman, Montana. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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Opere di David Quammen
Alla ricerca del predatore alfa - Il mangiatore di uomini nelle giungle della storia e della mente (2003) 769 copie
L' evoluzionista riluttante: il ritratto privato di Charles Darwin e la nascita della teoria dell'evoluzione (2006) 685 copie
The Long Follow: J. Michael Fay's Epic Trek Across the Last Great Forests of Central Africa (2006) 4 copie
The Origin of Species: Descent of a Text, With Modification (Bradley Lecture Series Publication) (2002) 1 copia
Strawberries Under Ice 1 copia
Darwin's Conundrum 1 copia
Life in Equilibrium 1 copia
Opere correlate
Adrenaline 2001: The Year's Best Stories of Adventure and Survival (2001) — Collaboratore — 22 copie
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Spring 1989 (1989) — Author "The Ineffable Union of man and Horse" — 15 copie
TriQuarterly 48: Western Stories — Collaboratore — 2 copie
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1948-02-24
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Bozeman, Montana, USA
- Istruzione
- Yale University
Oxford University - Attività lavorative
- journalist
science writer - Relazioni
- Quammen, Betsy Gaines (wife)
- Organizzazioni
- National Geographic
- Premi e riconoscimenti
- Lannan Literary Award (Nonfiction, 1997)
American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award (Literature, 1996)
Rhodes Scholar
National Magazine Award (x3)
Helen Bernstein Award for Excellence in Journalism
Guggenheim Fellowship (mostra tutto 7)
John Burroughs Medal
Utenti
Recensioni
Liste
Five star books (1)
Health & Medical (1)
Reading list (1)
Reading Queue (1)
Extinct Animals (1)
Disaster Books (1)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 31
- Opere correlate
- 23
- Utenti
- 7,358
- Popolarità
- #3,325
- Voto
- 4.1
- Recensioni
- 169
- ISBN
- 181
- Lingue
- 15
- Preferito da
- 31