Stanford, Craig B.  1956- <br/><br/>
The last tortoise :  a tale of extinction in our lifetime / 
Craig B. Stanford. 
 - Cambridge, Mass. :  Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,  2010. 
 - viii, 210 p., [16] p. of plates :  col. ill. ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-199) and index. 
<br/><br/>The tortoise and the hare? -- What exactly are tortoises and turtles? -- Live long and prosper -- No respect for the ancient lands -- Eating tortoises -- "Such huge deformed creatures" -- Beloved captives -- Are there solutions? -- Achilles and the tortoise -- Appendixes. Extremes of the tortoise world. Tortoises on the brink of extinction. Tortoise species. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780674049925 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2009053340 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Testudinidae.<br/>Turtles.<br/>Endangered species.<br/>Extinction (Biology)
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QL666.C5  / S68 2010 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>333.95/79246