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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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Four Wings and a Prayer: Caught in the Mystery of the Monarch Butterfly

Four Wings and a Prayer: Caught in the Mystery of the Monarch Butterfly

Halpern, Sue

Paperback

Botany & HorticultureEnvironmental StudiesInsects & Spiders

ISBN10: 037570194X
ISBN13: 9780375701948
Publisher: Vintage
Published: Jul 9 2002
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.53
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.20 Depth: 8.02
Language: English
Every autumn, the monarch butterflies east of the Rockies migrate from as far north as Canada to Mexico. Memory is not their guide -- no one butterfly makes the round trip -- but each year somehow find their way to the same fifty acres of forest on the high slopes of Mexico's Neovolcanic Mountains, and then make the return trip in the spring.

In Four Wings and a Prayer, Sue Halpern sets off on an adventure to delve into the secrets behind this extraordinary phenomenon. She visits scientists and butterfly lovers across the country, offering a keenly observed portrait of the monarchs' migration and of the people for whom they have become a glorious obsession. Combining science, memoir, and travel writing, Four Wings and a Prayer is an absorbing travelogue and a fascinating meditation on a profound mystery of the natural world.

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