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The Devils Hole pupfish is one of the rarest vertebrate animals on the planet; its only natural habitat is a ten-by-sixty-foot pool near Death Valley, on the Nevada-California border. As this book explores, what has made the species a survivor is its many surprising connections to the people who have studied, ignored, protested or protected it.
This crystalline gem of a book considers the improbable survival of a small, obscure, and critically endangered aquatic animal, the Devils Hole pupfish, that has the most restricted habitat of any known vertebrate species. Deeply researched, engagingly presented, and convincingly argued, this is a remarkable story, one that is important and exceptionally well told." - Mark V. Barrow Jr, professor of history, Virginia Tech and author of Nature’s Ghost: Confronting Extinction from the Age of Jefferson to the Age of Ecology
Kevin C. Brown, Ph.D. is a research associate at the University of California environmental Studies Program and part-time project specialist with the Mono Lake Committee. works with his head and his hands on the East Side of California's Sierra Nevada Mountains. He has also worked as a journalist and as a researcher for the National Park Service and the American Society for Environmental History.