| The Peregrine Contributor(s): Baker, J. A. (Author), MacFarlane, Robert (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 1590171330 ISBN-13: 9781590171332 Publisher: New York Review of Books OUR PRICE: $16.16 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2004 Annotation: From fall to spring, J.A. Baker set out to track the daily comings and goings of a pair of peregrine falcons across the flat fen lands of eastern England. He followed the birds obsessively, observing them in the air and on the ground, in pursuit of their prey, making a kill, eating, and at rest, activities he describes with an extraordinary fusion of precision and poetry. And as he continued his mysterious private quest, his sense of human self slowly dissolved, to be replaced with the alien and implacable consciousness of a hawk. It is this extraordinary metamorphosis, magical and terrifying, that these beautifully written pages record. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Nature | Essays - Nature | Animals - Birds - Nature | Birdwatching Guides |
| Dewey: 598.96 |
| LCCN: 2004026521 |
| Series: New York Review Books Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.45" H x 5.18" W x 8.02" (0.47 lbs) 208 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This extraordinary, poetic portrait of two peregrine falcons is one of the most beloved works of nature writing ever published. From fall to spring, J.A. Baker set out to track the daily comings and goings of a pair of peregrine falcons across the flat fen lands of eastern England. He followed the birds obsessively, observing them in the air and on the ground, in pursuit of their prey, making a kill, eating, and at rest, activities he describes with an extraordinary fusion of precision and poetry. And as he continued his mysterious private quest, his sense of human self slowly dissolved, to be replaced with the alien and implacable consciousness of a hawk.
It is this extraordinary metamorphosis, magical and terrifying, that these beautifully written pages record. |