Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction: Telling Lively Stories at the Edge of Extinction 1
5. One. Fledging Albatrosses: Flight Ways and Wasted Generations 21
6. Two. Circling Vultures: Life and Death at the Dull Edge of Extinction 45
7. Three. Urban Penguins: Stories for Lost Places 63
8. Four. Breeding Cranes: The Violent-Care of Captive Life 87
9. Five. Mourning Crows: Grief in a Shared World 125
10. Epilogue: A Call for Stories 145
11. Notes 149
12. References 165
13. Index 185