Bibliograph

Why fish don't exist, a story of loss, love, and the hidden order of life, Lulu Miller ; illustrations by Kate Samworth

Type

Label

Why fish don't exist, a story of loss, love, and the hidden order of life, Lulu Miller ; illustrations by Kate Samworth

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [203]-225)

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Why fish don't exist

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1105945963

Responsibility statement

Lulu Miller ; illustrations by Kate Samworth

Sub title

a story of loss, love, and the hidden order of life

Summary

Nineteenth-century scientist David Starr Jordan built one of the most important fish specimen collections ever seen, until the 1906 San Francisco earthquake shattered his life's work

Table Of Contents

A boy with his head in the stars -- A prophet on an island -- A godless interlude -- Chasing tail -- Genesis in a jar -- Smash -- The indestructible -- On delusion -- The bitterest thing in the world -- A veritable chamber of horrors -- The ladder -- Dandelions -- Deus ex machina

Target audience

adult

Classification

Contributor