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McGinty, Alice B.

Darwin

48 pp. | Houghton | April, 2009 | Trade ISBN 978-0-618-99531-8 $18.00

(2) 4-6 Illustrated by Mary Azarian. In this revealing work, readers can consider Darwin from two points of view: his own and his biographer's. The primary narrative follows the voyage of the Beagle, and nearly every spread contains a parchment-like "letter" including edited portions of Darwin's own diary and letters. Azarian's watercolor-tinted woodcuts evoke naive art of the period. A brief author's note and source notes are appended. Bib.

Reviewer: Betty Carter | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2009