{"product_id":"look-here-sir-what-a-curious-bird-searching-for-ali-alfred-russel-wallaces-faithful-companion-paperback","title":"\"Look Here, Sir, What a Curious Bird\": Searching for Ali, Alfred Russel Wallace's Faithful Companion - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul Spencer Sochaczewski\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Great Man and His Unheralded Assistant\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor some 50 years, Paul Sochaczewski has been on the trail of famous naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace and his little-known assistant Ali.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe result of this quest is an imaginative \"enhanced biography\" of an illiterate 19th-century teenager from Borneo who helped Wallace become one of history's most successful explorers of the natural world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis deliciously speculative book, filled with humor and touching scenes of imagined conversations, takes a hard look at \"slippery truth,\" and, perhaps most important, asks the question: \"Is there someone in your life who has quietly helped you, perhaps without adequate recognition, on your journey?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this innovative approach to biography, you'll discover: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew clues that expand our knowledge of Ali's background and career\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy writing the history of a 19th-century teenage boy from Borneo is so challenging\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDetails about how Ali collected some 5,000 of Wallace's 8,050 bird specimens\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eImagined conversations that explore emotions and perceptions of Wallace and Ali\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow each of us has an \"Ali\" who has helped us along the way\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWho's your Ali? Perhaps this book might encourage to reach out to someone forgotten but who eased your path along your journey?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 274\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.62 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 11, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51781790531872,"sku":"9782940573417","price":25.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b1c7ddbbc814bdb50e25bb6cb9330c69.webp?v=1780557760","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/look-here-sir-what-a-curious-bird-searching-for-ali-alfred-russel-wallaces-faithful-companion-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}