Books by Rory Nugent and Complete Book Reviews

Down at the Docks
Down at the Docks
Rory Nugent, Author . Pantheon $24.95 (290p) ISBN 978-0-375-42064-1
Instead of exploring exotic locales such as India and the Congo, as he did in his previous books (Search for the Pink-Headed Duck ; Drums Along the Congo ), Nugent stays close to home for a portrait of the fishing port town of New Bedford, Mass.,...
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The Search for the Pink-Headed Duck
The Search for the Pink-Headed Duck
Rory Nugent, Author Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $19.45 (222p) ISBN 978-0-395-50552-6
The pink-headed duck, last sighted in 1935, is believed by most naturalists to be extinct, but rumors that it might be hiding in the marshlands of northeast India prompted Nugent, an adventurer from Massachusetts, to embark on a quest for the bird....
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Drums Along the Congo Pa
Drums Along the Congo Pa
Rory Nugent, Author Mariner Books $10.95 (248p) ISBN 978-0-395-67071-2
``Being more interested in chasing a dream than in the precise diameter of a footprint, I'm here to substantiate the obscure,'' says explorer Nugent, who takes us on an energizing, entertaining spin through the Congo in pursuit of a prehistoric...
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