The Great Auk
1963

This book is a nature novel which, by following the activities of the last great auk known to exist, chronicles the life, natural history and ultimate extinction of this large, penguin-like, flightless bird, the last individual of the species being killed in 1844. The book received much literary acclaim, won several awards, was condensed in The Reader's Digest magazine and reprinted in numerous foreign language editions. Originally published in hardcover in 1963 by Little, Brown & Co., Boston, MA, and in paperback by New American Library in 1964.

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