{"product_id":"9780060088781","title":"Evolution's Captain: The Story of the Kidnapping That Led to Charles Darwin's Voyage Aboard the Beagle","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the story of the man without whom the name Charles Darwin might be unknown to us today. That man was Captain Robert FitzRoy, who invited the 22-year-old Darwin to be his companion on board the \u003ci\u003eBeagle\u003c\/i\u003e .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the remarkable story of how a misguided decision by Robert FitzRoy, captain of HMS \u003ci\u003eBeagle\u003c\/i\u003e , precipitated his employment of a young naturalist named Charles Darwin, and how the clash between FitzRoy’s fundamentalist views and Darwin’s discoveries led to FitzRoy’s descent into the abyss.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the great ironies of history is that the famous journey—wherein Charles Darwin consolidated the earth-rattling ‘origin of the species’ discoveries—was conceived by another man: Robert FitzRoy. It was FitzRoy who chose Darwin for the journey—not because of Darwin’s scientific expertise, but because he seemed a suitable companion to help FitzRoy fight back the mental illness that had plagued his family for generations. Darwin did not give FitzRoy solace; indeed, the clash between the two men’s opposing views, together with the ramifications of Darwin’s revelations, provided FitzRoy with the final unendurable torment that forced him to end his own life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47015416037616,"sku":"9780060088781","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780060088781_p0.jpg?v=1763618540","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780060088781","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}