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The Peregrine

Contributors:

J. A. Baker (Author)

Robert MacFarlane (Introduction by)

Contributors: J. A. Baker (Author) ; Robert MacFarlane (Introduction by)

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BISAC categories: Nature -> Animals -> Birds

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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.

ISBN-10: 1590171330
ISBN-13: 9781590171332
Author: Baker, J. A., MacFarlane, Robert
Publisher: New York Review of Books

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ISBN-13: 9781590171332

ISBN-10: 1590171330

Publish Date: December 31, 2004

On Sale Date: January 1, 0001

Language: English

Pages: 208

Dimensions: 8.02 × 5.18 × 0.45 in

Weight: 0.47 lbs

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