The Ghost with Trembling Wings - Scott Weidensaul

"A thoughtful examination of the machinery of extinction . . . By turns harrowing and elegiac, thrilling and informative." Michiko Kakutani, "The New York Times"

Three or four times an hour, eighty or more times a day, a unique species of plant or animal vanishes forever. And yet, every so often one of these lost species resurfaces. "Having adventures most of us can only dream about" ("The Times-Picayune"), Scott Weidensaul pursues stories of loss and recovery, of endurance against the odds, and of surprising resurrections."