Author: Alan Moorehead
Year: 1969
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9780060130176
9780140033274
0060130172
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When the Beagle sailed in 1831, she carried a young naturalist, Charles Darwin, at age 22 still unknown. Destined for the church, Darwin was cozily at ease with creation as explained in Genesis.But everything he encountered on the voyage -- from the primitive people of Tierra del Fuego to the finches of the Galapagos Islands, from earthquakes and eruptions to fossil seashells gathered at 12,000 feet in the Andes -- challenged biblical assumptions and led finally to ORIGIN OF SPECIES. "Mr. Moorehead's admirable prose style, his entrancing narrative...are beyond praise." (The London Times)
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