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Dates: during 1940-1949
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After their return to California and civilization, they had a letter from Frau Wittmer. "My dear friends," she wrote, "before you come back to the Galápagos, do it overthink one hundred times." Having overthought it, the Conways went back last winter, are now ensconced again on their favorite island, Santiago. They remembered the raptures of a friend: "Santiago air is cool and fresh, it rains plenty, and everywhere are pigs. Here is a pig, there is a pig, under every tree is a pig! It is just like paradise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Just Like Paradise | 4/21/1947 | See Source »

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