Charles Darwin : the concise story of an extraordinary man / Tim M. Berra.

Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.

xi, 114 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 21 cm

An admirable pedigree -- A privileged youth -- Exploration -- Discovery -- Maturity -- A proposal -- Life at down house -- Correspondence -- Daily routine -- Taxonomy and selection -- Alfred Russel Wallace and The Origin -- What Darwin said -- Darwin's bulldog -- A man of enlarged curiosity -- Darwin's death -- Epilogue.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 103-110) and index.