Gísli Pálsson is professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of Iceland. His books include The Human Age, Down to Earth, and The Man Who Stole Himself.
"""[A] moving and well thought out tale. . . . This book is an important part of an innocent species' life.""---Muskogee Phoenix, Deb Hirt ""Much has been written about the demise of the Great Auk . . . and this work by Gísli Pálsson is an important addition to the body of work on this iconic and enigmatic species. It is scholarly and well-presented.""---David Gascoigne, Travels with Birds"