cover image Three Men of the Beagle

Three Men of the Beagle

Richard Lee Marks. Avon Books, $11 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-380-71838-2

Marks intertwines the stories of English aristocrat Robert FitzRoy, commander of the Beagle; his passenger Charles Darwin; and a Yahgan Indian kidnapped by the crew, illuminating the ways the West perceives and misperceives other cultures. Photos. (Oct.)