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An Exhilaration of Wings: The Literature of Birdwatching
Jennifer Hill

An Exhilaration of Wings: The Literature of Birdwatching

the literature of birdwatching

Viking Adult (Oct 01, 1999)
9780670887248
| Hardcover
288 pages | 145 x 213 mm | English
Dewey 598.07234
LC Classification QL677.5 .E95 1999
LC Control No. 99021043

Subject

  • Bird Watching
  • Bird Watching/ Quotations, Maxims, Etc
  • Literary Criticism / General
  • Nature / Birdwatching Guides

Plot

Culled from the letters, diaries, and ornithological observations of John Muir, John James Audubon, Wordsworth, and Teddy Roosevelt--among other lesser-known naturalists--this illustrated treasury of bird-watching literature addresses migration, nests, flight, and a wide variety of exotic and ordinary species. 15,000 first printing.