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Hope Is the Thing with Feathers: A Personal Chronicle of Vanished Birds Paperback - 2009
by Christopher Cokinos
An award-winning nature writer weaves natural history and personal experience into the dramatic story of the last days of six North American bird species. With a compelling blend of science, history, politics, and memoir, Cokino draws on unpublished photographs and documents to make these long-vanished birds come alive.
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A prizewinning poet and nature writer weaves together natural history, biology, sociology, and personal narrative to tell the story of the lives, habitats, and deaths of six extinct bird species.
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- Title Hope Is the Thing with Feathers: A Personal Chronicle of Vanished Birds
- Author Christopher Cokinos
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 384
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Tarcherperigee, New York
- Date 2009-05-14
- Features Bibliography, Index, Maps, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9781585427222 / 1585427225
- Weight 0.75 lbs (0.34 kg)
- Dimensions 8.2 x 5.4 x 1.1 in (20.83 x 13.72 x 2.79 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Dewey Decimal Code 598.168
Media reviews
"This story-of the ghost species still haunting this continent-is full of power and mystery."
-Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature
"A eulogy, a call to conservation, and a careful history."
-Chicago Tribune
"Cokinos balances the emotional impact of the last days of six species with tales of heroic efforts to save them by a handful of bird-lovers."
-USA Today
"Lovingly persistent detective work brings back flashes of color, bits of song, and curious lore. This book deserves a wide and devoted readership."
-Sheila Nickerson, author of Disappearance: A Map
"A marvelous book, beautifully written and filled with a poetry of evocative detail."
-The Philadelphia Inquirer
"Eloquent and moving . . . a charming narrative that is both personal and historically meticulous."
-The Washington Post Book World
"Resounds with excitement."
-The Boston Globe
-Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature
"A eulogy, a call to conservation, and a careful history."
-Chicago Tribune
"Cokinos balances the emotional impact of the last days of six species with tales of heroic efforts to save them by a handful of bird-lovers."
-USA Today
"Lovingly persistent detective work brings back flashes of color, bits of song, and curious lore. This book deserves a wide and devoted readership."
-Sheila Nickerson, author of Disappearance: A Map
"A marvelous book, beautifully written and filled with a poetry of evocative detail."
-The Philadelphia Inquirer
"Eloquent and moving . . . a charming narrative that is both personal and historically meticulous."
-The Washington Post Book World
"Resounds with excitement."
-The Boston Globe
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