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The Rarest of the Rare: Stories Behind the Treasures at the Harvard Museum of Natural History
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Hardcover
from Harpercollins (November 1, 2004)
9780060537180 | details & prices | 178 pages | 8.25 × 9.25 × 0.75 in. | 1.95 lbs | List price $22.95
About: Shares the discovery stories of some of Harvard University's rarest natural history specimens, recounting the origins of such items as Nabokov's butterflies, George Washington's pheasants, a sand dollar collected by Darwin during his Beagle voyage, and the only stuffed bird remaining from the Lewis and Clark expedition.
About: Shares the discovery stories of some of Harvard University's rarest natural history specimens, recounting the origins of such items as Nabokov's butterflies, George Washington's pheasants, a sand dollar collected by Darwin during his Beagle voyage, and the only stuffed bird remaining from the Lewis and Clark expedition.