This book allows the reader to examine various eyewitness writings, drawings, paintings and skeletal remains, which depict the Dodo as it actually was, and helps us to understand how it was driven to extinction. It also traces what happened after the final demise of the bird, and how worldwide evidence was pieced together to provide a reasonable idea of how the Dodo lived and died.
Published and printed by: IPC Ltd., Mauritius
Designed by: Toolbox, Mauritius
About twenty-six million years ago a flock of birds parted and flew in different directions from one of the many islands that have since disappeared in the Indian Ocean. Eventually some of these birds ended up on Mauritius and became known as Dodos, while their relatives flew to the tiny island of Rodrigues and became Solitaires. The remoteness of Rodrigues sheltered the Solitaire from the rest of the world, and even today the island and the bird are almost unknown.
Only a few early visitors to Rodrigues recorded what the Solitaire looked like and how it behaved. Without these accounts we would know very little about it because soon after man started to inhabit the island, the Solitaire became extinct, leaving very little evidence that it ever lived there.
This unique book allows the reader to examine various journals, rare drawings, paintings, and scientific evidence in order to find out more about one of the least known birds of the world. It also pieces together what it was like on Rodrigues all those years ago, so that we have a better picture of the habitat where the Solitaire lived and died.
Self published by Alan Grihault. Printed by: Precigraph
Ltd., Mauritius
Designed by: Jungle Blue, Mauritius
An illustrated childrens book for 4 to 10 year olds, available in English and French..... (more details).
About the author
Alan Grihault lived most of his childhood in Devonshire, England, and attended
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Crediton. He became a teacher in 1960, and
during his career he worked as a Teacher, Headteacher, Teacher Trainer, Headteacher/Inspector
Trainer, Education Adviser, Chief Examiner and Curriculum Developer. He started
his teaching career in Derbyshire, and became a Headteacher in the same county.
He was then appointed Education Lecturer at St. Luke’s College, Exeter.
While serving overseas, he was attached to the British Council, ODA, DFID and
the EU, and has worked in Kenya, Malawi, Mauritius, Botswana, Seychelles, Zambia,
Sierra Leone, Vanuatu and Swaziland. Alan now lives in Mauritius.
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You can buy the books from: UK prices: Solitaire book - £14.99 Pirates book - Rs 150 (In Mauritius)
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