![]() The author, an Australian professor, despite his Irish surname, describes the changes in the fauna (and somewhat the flora) of North America over the past 65 millions year, from the crashdown of the comet that destroyed the dinosaurs to the arrival of mankind and down to the present age, with the influx of immigrants, mainly from Europe. The book traces the ecological history of the Continent down to the present, with an emphasis on the disappering or changing frontier. ![]() "The Eternal Frontier" by Tim Flannery, sub-titled "An Ecological History of North America and Its Peoples." Atlantic Monthly Press, 2001.An in-depth history of the continent of North America, with tidbits from South America, Australia and Eurasia thrown in.
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