{"product_id":"beasts-of-the-sea","title":"Beasts of the Sea","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSpanning three centuries and linked by a long-extinct denizen of the northern oceans, a sweeping and intimate tale about a fateful encounter between man and nature.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In 1741, thirty-two-year-old naturalist Georg Wilhelm Steller joins Captain Bering's Great Northern Expedition to scout out a sea route from Asia to America. Plagued with hardships, captain and crew never reach their goal, but they do make a unique discovery, a gentle giant that will be named for the young explorer who described it: Steller's sea cow.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In 1859, the governor of the Russian territory of Alaska sends his men to recover the skeleton of the massive marine mammal rumored to have vanished a hundred years before. Two years later, a revered Helsinki professor hires a talented illustrator--a woman!--to make precise drawings of a set of bones sent from afar. The ill-fated beast will help introduce to a skeptical public the concept of human-caused extinction.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Finally, in 1952, the Museum of Zoology assigns its most talented restorer the task of refurbishing the antique skeleton, a testimony to the sea cow's fate that will fire the imaginations of future generations.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eA\u003c\/i\u003e breathtaking literary achievement and an adventure that crosses continents and centuries, \u003ci\u003eBeasts of the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e is a tale of grand ambition, the quest for knowledge, and the urge to resurrect what humankind has, in its ignorance, destroyed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hachette Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52844364267888,"sku":"9780316585835","price":37.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0985\/0463\/8832\/files\/19341353482300.jpg?v=1767723484","url":"https:\/\/papervalebooks.com\/products\/beasts-of-the-sea","provider":"Papervale Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}