The Birds of Heaven
The Birds of Heaven
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The story of a remarkable journey by one of the world's greatest nature writers across five continents to track down every species of the crane family. The book captures the beauty of a vanishing species and the dilemma of a planet in ecological crisis.
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The Birds of Heaven by Peter Matthiessen
The story of a remarkable journey by one of the world's greatest nature writers across five continents to track down every species of the crane family. Once regarded as messengers from heaven, cranes form part of the ancient myth and legend of every country in which they appear. Today, they evoke the retreating wilderness and the vanishing habits upon which they depend. The enormous spans of their migrations are a symbol of their struggle to survive and a stimulus to international conservation efforts. Illustrated with colour plates by the renowned American wildlife artist Robert Bateman, "The Birds of Heaven" captures the beauty of a vanishing species and the dilemma of a planet in ecological crisis.
Our greatest modern nature writer in the lyrical tradition Stephen Jay Gould, New York Times; Peter Matthiessen is beyond dispute the best nature writer working today Peter Farb; Matthiessen is an endangered species: a writer of great integrity, who lives the life he writes, and yet whose scathing critique of our all-consuming, all-exploiting society is also realistic James Robertson, Scotland on Sunday; One of our best writers Don Delillo
Peter Mathiessen, naturalist, explorer and writer, co-founded The Paris Review in 1951. His works of fiction include At Play in the Fields of the Lord and Far Tortuga, and the acclaimed Watson trilogy. He has published many volumes of non-fiction, among them The Snow Leopard and The Tree Where Man Was Born.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781860469473 |
| ISBN 10 | 1860469477 |
| Title | The Birds of Heaven |
| Author | Peter Matthiessen |
| Series | Panther S |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2002-01-25 |
| Number of pages | 372 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |