Chapter 9. The Human Drama

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS ix
3. List of Color Plates xi
4. Preface. The Lost Bird xiii
5. Chapter 1. The Road to Extinction 1
6. Chapter 2. A Very Victorian Quest 18
7. Chapter 3. An Awkward Trip to Iceland 40
8. Chapter 4. Arriving 65
9. Chapter 5. Rebooting 82
10. Chapter 6. “Proud Birds, with Their Heads High” 103
11. Chapter 7. Questions In, and Out of, Time 120
12. Chapter 8. The Latest Successful Trip 138
13. Chapter 9. The Human Drama 162
14. Chapter 10. Newtonian Extinction 182
15. Chapter 11. The Last Great Auk 202
16. Afterword. On the Brink 223
17. Timeline 237
18. Acknowledgments 241
19. Notes 245
20. Bibliography 261
21. Index 281