Pilgrims of the Air: The Passing of the Passenger Pigeons
«“Every page of this book is lit by a sense of wonder.” —Michael Longley
“John Wilson Foster’s new book is a gem in every sense: small but perfect in the hand, elegantly written and full of evocative, deeply researched interest, both in the bird and American social history.” —Michael Viney, The Irish Times»
This is a story of a scarcely credible abundance, of flocks of birds so vast they made the sky invisible. It is also a story, almost as difficult to credit, of a collapse into extinction so startling to the inhabitants of the New World as to provoke a mystery. Les mer
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Detaljer
- Forlag
- Notting Hill Editions
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 242
- ISBN
- 9781907903656
- Utgivelsesår
- 2014
- Format
- 19 x 12 cm
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«“Every page of this book is lit by a sense of wonder.” —Michael Longley
“John Wilson Foster’s new book is a gem in every sense: small but perfect in the hand, elegantly written and full of evocative, deeply researched interest, both in the bird and American social history.” —Michael Viney, The Irish Times»