000			01819cam a2200301 a 4500
001			7885994
003			OSt
005			20150819154158.0
008			030731s2003 nz abf b 001 0 eng
020			_a0143018736 (pbk.) : _c$29.95
035			_a(NLNZils)878513
035			_a(Nz)7885994
035			_a(OCoLC)53460478
035			_a(BNAtoc) 2003374105
040			_aNZNB _cNZNB
043			_au-nz---
082	0	4	_a568.50993 _221
100	1		_aWolfe, Richard.
245	1	0	_aMoa : _bthe dramatic story of the discovery of a giant bird / _cRichard Wolfe.
260			_aAuckland, N.Z. : _bPenguin Books, _c2003.
300			_a249 p., [8] p. of plates : _bill., map ; _c20 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 218-238) and index.
505	0	0	_tIntroduction : on the wings of a moa -- _gCh. 1. _tAn unpromising fragment -- _gCh. 2. _tThe flax factor -- _gCh. 3. _tTrade and exchange -- _gCh. 4. _tWith God on their side -- _gCh. 5. _tDissension in the ranks -- _gCh. 6. _tGive the man a bone -- _gCh. 7. _tThe lone fragment -- _gCh. 8. _tBound for the Antipodes -- _gCh. 9. _tFossils, frogs and grains of sand -- _gCh. 10. _tIn search of natural knowledge -- _gCh. 11. _tExtinguished features -- _gCh. 12. _tCreating monsters -- _gCh. 13. _tBack to the bone.
520	1		_a"In 1839, on the basis of a single mysterious fragment of bone from the other side of the world, the great English anatomist Richard Owen reached the conclusion that it came from an unknown gigantic flightless bird. Despite this being shortly before it is time of Darwin and the great evolution debate, many initially thought Owen's claim preposterous. A huge new bird that couldn't fly? Like an ostrich? Ridiculous!"--BOOK JACKET.
600	1	0	_aOwen, Richard, _d1804-1892.
650		0	_aMoas _zNew Zealand.
942			_2ddc _cNZNONFIC
999			_c5980 _d5980