Moby-Duck: The True Story of 28,800 Bath Toys Lost at Sea & of the Beachcombers, Oceanographers, Environmentalists & Fools Including the Author Who Went in Search of Them World War I ONE OF HOUSTON CHRONICLE'S BEST

ONE OF HOUSTON CHRONICLE'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR

at age thirty-five and stricken with malaria in the Moluccan Islands

Author/Contributor(s): Bayamack-Tam

and some are daring

There are parties that last through the night

Moby-Duck: The True Story of 28,800 Bath Toys Lost at Sea & of the Beachcombers, Oceanographers, Environmentalists & Fools Including the Author Who Went in Search of Them World War I ONE OF HOUSTON CHRONICLE'S BESTAuthor Contributor(s): Hohn, Donovan Publisher: Penguin Books Date: 2 28 2012 Binding: Paperback Condition: NEW A compulsively readable narrative of whimsy and curiosity "adventurous, inquisitive, and brightly illuminating" (Janet Maslin, The New York Times). When the writer Donovan Hohn heard of the mysterious loss of thousands of bath toys at sea, he figured he would interview a few oceanographers, talk to a few beachcombers, and read up on Arctic