At the Gates of the Animal Kingdom by Amy Hempel
What would you see and hear if you traveled to every corner of the world in search of wildlife in all its forms? Here is the answer -- and your passport to adventure. Follow Miss Lewis as she circumnavigates the globe aboard the ship Explorer and reports her experiences in photographs, sketches, and letters sent back to her students at home.What bird or animals has been in each habitat and left its unique trace? From Antarctica to Kenya, China to Alaska, there are natural wonders to observe and logical clues to piece together. Keep your eyes and mind open.you won't want to miss a moment.
Hempel, Amy: - Amy Hempel is the author of four acclaimed story collections. They were compiled and published in 2006 as The Collected Stories, which was named one of the Ten Best Books of the year by the New York Times and won the Ambassador Book Award for best fiction of the year. She is the recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the USA Foundation, and won the Rea Award and PEN/Malamud Award, among others. In 2015, Hempel received the John William Corrington Award for Literary Excellence from Centenary College. Her work has been translated into more than twenty languages, and her stories have been heavily anthologized, including in Best American Short Stories; Best American Nonrequired Reading; Life is Short--Art is Shorter: In Praise of Brevity (eds. Shields and Cooperman); and Flash Fiction Forward: 80 Very Short Stories (eds. Shapard and Thomas). A member of both the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Hempel taught at Harvard, New York University, Sarah Lawrence, Bennington, and elsewhere, and now teaches at the University of Florida.
Tara L. Masih is the series editor Braddock Avenue Books The Best Small Fictions.
Tara L. Masih is the series editor Braddock Avenue Books The Best Small Fictions.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780394571744 |
| ISBN 10 | 0394571746 |
| Title | At the Gates of the Animal Kingdom |
| Author | Amy Hempel |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Alfred A. Knopf |
| Year published | 1990-03-10 |
| Number of pages | 137 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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