A Gap in Nature

Cataloging 104 creatures that have vanished from the face of the earth since 1492, Flannery evocatively tells the story of each animal: how it lived and how it succumbed to its terrible destiny. Accompanying each account is a beautiful color representation (life-size in the original painting) by Schouten, who has devoted years of his life to this extraordinary project. Animals from every continent are represented – An extraordinary book at once a lament for the lost animals of the world and an ark to house them forever in human memory.