![]() ![]() But this is not so much an account of the voyage of the turtle as of the author’s travels to places where leatherbacks can be seen and studied, and the conversations he has with those engaged in that work. Strunk & White (1999) admonish writers to place themselves in the background. This encapsulates the problems with this book: too often the writing is excruciating, too often the reactions of the author distract from the animal itself. But writing about seeing a leatherback emerge from the surf, he comes up with the following: “The sight of her is sufficiently astonishing to strike a deep gasp into my ribs”. ![]() What better prognosis for a good read than a great protagonist, the leatherback turtle, and an author who has – so the dust jacket tells us – won awards for literature. Publisher: Henry Holt Company, New York, USA Title: Voyage of the Turtle: In Pursuit of the Earth’s Last Dinosaur ![]()
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