
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
Donovan Hohn
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
Donovan Hohn
A revelatory tale of science, adventure, and modern myth, "Moby-Duck" is 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 after them.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Viking Books
- Year
- 2011
- ISBN-13
- 9781921844348
- Genre
- Science & Technology
- Topics
- Ocean currentsEnvironmentalismMaritime adventure
Awards
- PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing AwardShortlisted(2012)
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