Hope Is the Thing with Feathers: A Personal Chronicle of Vanished Birds
Autor Christopher Cokinosen Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 apr 2009 – vârsta de la 18 ani
A prizewinning poet and nature writer weaves together natural history, biology, sociology, and personal narrative to tell the story of the lives, habitats, and deaths of six extinct bird species.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781585427222
ISBN-10: 1585427225
Pagini: 369
Dimensiuni: 137 x 208 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Editura: Tarcher
ISBN-10: 1585427225
Pagini: 369
Dimensiuni: 137 x 208 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Editura: Tarcher
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Recenzii
"This story-of the ghost species still haunting this continent-is full of power and mystery."
-Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature
"A eulogy, a call to conservation, and a careful history."
-Chicago Tribune
"Cokinos balances the emotional impact of the last days of six species with tales of heroic efforts to save them by a handful of bird-lovers."
-USA Today
"Lovingly persistent detective work brings back flashes of color, bits of song, and curious lore. This book deserves a wide and devoted readership."
-Sheila Nickerson, author of Disappearance: A Map
"A marvelous book, beautifully written and filled with a poetry of evocative detail."
-The Philadelphia Inquirer
"Eloquent and moving . . . a charming narrative that is both personal and historically meticulous."
-The Washington Post Book World
"Resounds with excitement."
-The Boston Globe
-Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature
"A eulogy, a call to conservation, and a careful history."
-Chicago Tribune
"Cokinos balances the emotional impact of the last days of six species with tales of heroic efforts to save them by a handful of bird-lovers."
-USA Today
"Lovingly persistent detective work brings back flashes of color, bits of song, and curious lore. This book deserves a wide and devoted readership."
-Sheila Nickerson, author of Disappearance: A Map
"A marvelous book, beautifully written and filled with a poetry of evocative detail."
-The Philadelphia Inquirer
"Eloquent and moving . . . a charming narrative that is both personal and historically meticulous."
-The Washington Post Book World
"Resounds with excitement."
-The Boston Globe
Notă biografică
Christopher Cokinos is an award-winning writer and poet, and a professor of English at Utah State University. He has received the Whiting Writers’ Award, the Glasgow Prize for an emerging writer in nonfiction, and the Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award.
Descriere
An award-winning nature writer weaves natural history and personal experience into the dramatic story of the last days of six North American bird species. With a compelling blend of science, history, politics, and memoir, Cokino draws on unpublished photographs and documents to make these long-vanished birds come alive.