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A New York Times Notable Book of 2013Ambitious and fascinating... Mooallem seamlessly blends reportage from the front lines of wildlife conservation with a lively cultural history of animals in America... This is not a book about wilderness its a book about us. --New York Times Book ReviewJournalist Jon Mooallem has watched his little daughters world overflow with animals butterfly pajamas, appliqud owlswhile the actual world shes inheriting slides into a great storm of extinction. Half of all species could disappear by the end of the century, and scientists now concede that most of Americas endangered animals will survive only if conservationists keep rigging the world around them in their favor. So Mooallem ventures into the field, often taking his daughter with him, to move beyond childlike fascination and make those creatures feel more real.
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Jon Mooallem is a longtime writer at large for The New York Times Magazine and a contributor to numerous other magazines and radio shows, including This American Life and Wired. He has spoken at TED and collaborated with members of the Decemberists on musical storytelling projects.His latest book, THIS IS CHANCE!, about the Great Alaska Earthquake of 1964 and radio reporter Genie Chance, will be published in March, 2020. Jon's first book, Wild Ones, was chosen as a notable book of the year by The New York Times Book Review, The New Yorker, NPR's Science Friday, and Canada's National Post, among others. He lives on Bainbridge Island, outside Seattle, with his family. Find him at jonmooallem.com or on Twitter, @jmooallem
