9781590171332-1590171330-The Peregrine (New York Review Books Classics)

The Peregrine (New York Review Books Classics)

ISBN-13: 9781590171332
ISBN-10: 1590171330
Edition: 48173rd
Author: J. A. Baker
Publication date: 2004
Publisher: NYRB Classics
Format: Paperback 208 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781590171332
ISBN-10: 1590171330
Edition: 48173rd
Author: J. A. Baker
Publication date: 2004
Publisher: NYRB Classics
Format: Paperback 208 pages

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The Peregrine (New York Review Books Classics) (ISBN-13: 9781590171332 and ISBN-10: 1590171330), written by authors J. A. Baker, was published by NYRB Classics in 2004. With an overall rating of 3.5 stars, it's a notable title among other Birdwatching (Outdoor Recreation, Nature Writing & Essays, Nature & Ecology) books. You can easily purchase or rent The Peregrine (New York Review Books Classics) (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Birdwatching books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $3.79.

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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.

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