SubjectDodo: The Bird Behind the Legend
Alan Grihault
171 pages, colour photography, maps & illustrations.
Softcover | 2005 | #146548 | ISBN: 9990338159
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CONTENTS:
Preface
1. Mauritius, island of the Dodo
2, Early accounts
3. The last years of the dodo
4. Digging for clues
5. Dispatching live dodos
6. The muse of artists
7. What was the Dodo really like?
8. The Dodo in its habitat
9. Uncovering Dodo mysteries
10. To which family did the Dodo belong?
11. The other Dodos
12. The fictional Dodo
13. The iconic Dodo
Epilogue
Appendix A
Appendix B
Bibliography
Photography and Illustration Credits
Index
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Alan Grihault is an Englishman, who spent most of his childhood in Devonshire. He became a teacher in 1960, and during his career he has been a Teacher, Headteacher, Teacher Trainer, Headteacher and Inspector Trainer, Education Advisor, Chief Examiner and Curriculum Developer.
Alan started his teaching career in Derbyshire, and became a Headteacher in the same county. He was then appointed Education Lecturer at St. Luke's College, Exeter. While serving abroad, he was attached to the British Council, the Department of Overseas Development and European Union, and has worked in Kenya, Malawi, Mauritius, Botswana, Seychelles, Zambia, Sierra Leone, Vanuatu and Swaziland.
Alan married a Mauritian, and now lives in Mauritius.
Preface
1. Mauritius, island of the Dodo
2, Early accounts
3. The last years of the dodo
4. Digging for clues
5. Dispatching live dodos
6. The muse of artists
7. What was the Dodo really like?
8. The Dodo in its habitat
9. Uncovering Dodo mysteries
10. To which family did the Dodo belong?
11. The other Dodos
12. The fictional Dodo
13. The iconic Dodo
Epilogue
Appendix A
Appendix B
Bibliography
Photography and Illustration Credits
Index
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Alan Grihault is an Englishman, who spent most of his childhood in Devonshire. He became a teacher in 1960, and during his career he has been a Teacher, Headteacher, Teacher Trainer, Headteacher and Inspector Trainer, Education Advisor, Chief Examiner and Curriculum Developer.
Alan started his teaching career in Derbyshire, and became a Headteacher in the same county. He was then appointed Education Lecturer at St. Luke's College, Exeter. While serving abroad, he was attached to the British Council, the Department of Overseas Development and European Union, and has worked in Kenya, Malawi, Mauritius, Botswana, Seychelles, Zambia, Sierra Leone, Vanuatu and Swaziland.
Alan married a Mauritian, and now lives in Mauritius.
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