Moby-Duck: The True Story of 28,800 Bath Toys Lost at Sea and of the Beachcombers, Oceanographers, Environmentalists, and Fools, Including the Author, Who Went in Search of Them - Hardcover

Hohn, Donovan

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ISBN 10: 0670022195 ISBN 13: 9780670022199

Verlag: Viking Pr, 2011

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Book by Hohn Donovan

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Selected by The New York Times Book Review as a Notable Book of the Year

A revelatory tale of science, adventure, and modern myth.

When the writer Donovan Hohn heard of the mysterious loss of thousands of bath toys at sea, he figured he would interview a few oceanographers, talk to a few beachcombers, and read up on Arctic science and geography. But questions can be like ocean currents: wade in too far, and they carry you away. Hohn's accidental odyssey pulls him into the secretive world of shipping conglomerates, the daring work of Arctic researchers, the lunatic risks of maverick sailors, and the shadowy world of Chinese toy factories.

Moby-Duck is a journey into the heart of the sea and an adventure through science, myth, the global economy, and some of the worst weather imaginable. With each new discovery, Hohn learns of another loose thread, and with each successive chase, he comes closer to understanding where his castaway quarry comes from and where it goes. In the grand tradition of Tony Horwitz and David Quammen, Moby-Duck is a compulsively readable narrative of whimsy and curiosity.

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Donovan Hohn is a journalist whose work has appeared in Harper's, The New York Times Magazine, and Outside, as well as being featured in Best American Science Writing and the Best Creative Nonfiction. The recipient of a Whiting Writers Award and a National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship, he is currently a senior editor at Harper's magazine.

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• Verlag: Viking Pr
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0670022195
• ISBN 13: 9780670022199
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 402