The Great Auk : Its Extraordinary Life, Hideous Death and Mysterious Afterlife - A DAILY TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR - Tim Birkhead Publication Date:18/06/2026 A LONE OUTLAW

A LONE OUTLAW

Innovative and disquieting

Northwest China

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A book of reflections

The Great Auk : Its Extraordinary Life, Hideous Death and Mysterious Afterlife - A DAILY TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR - Tim Birkhead Publication Date:18/06/2026 A LONE OUTLAWThe life, death and afterlife of one of the true icons of extinction, the Great AukThe great auk was a flightless, goose sized bird superbly adapted for life at sea. Fat, flush with feathers and easy to capture, the birds were in trouble whenever sailors visited their once remote breeding colonies. Places like Funk Island, off north east Newfoundland, became scenes of unimaginable slaughter, with birds killed in their millions. By 1800 the auks of