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Title: A Galapagos Primer
Review: I am going to the Galapagos Islands in February, and The Beak of the Finch was on our suggested reading list. I was not familiar with the book, but I found it to be a fascinating study of evolution as a whole and Darwin's finches on Galapagos in particular. The book won a Pulitzer, so it clearly is well written and covers an important subject. The descriptions of the work done over many years by Peter and Rosemary Grant from Princeton are amazing. The details that must be tracked in trying to follow generations of finches on Daphne Major in the Glalapagos are just overwhelming, even though I have to admit that I found I was actually learning more about the little birds than I wanted to know. I highly recomment the book especially if you have plans to travel to the Galapagos Islands. I have no doubt that it has changed my perception of what I am going to see when I get there.
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