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Dreambirds: The Strange History of the Ostrich in Fashion, Food, and Fortune. Rob Nixon. New York: Picador, 1999. 289 pp. $23.00.

Nixon grew up in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, near the vast wasteland known as the Great Karroo. "Like so many sons, Nixon was determined to become his father's opposite: 'He knew everything about roots, so I became obsessed with flight.' B...