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The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature, and Fowl Obsession
by Obmascik, Mark
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- Paperback
- Condition
- New/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0739308971
- ISBN 13
- 9780739308974
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 2004. New, Shrinkwrapped! Read by Oliver Wyman with an introduction by the author Abridgment approved by the author; 6 hours, 4 cassettes From back: "Every year on January 1, a quirky crowd of adventurers storms out across North America for a spectacularly competitive event called a Big Year - a grand, grueling, expensive, and occasionally vicious, "extreme" - 365-day marathon of birdwatching. For three men in particular, 1998 would be a whirlwind, a winner-takes-nothing battle for a new North American birding record. In frenetic pilgrimages for once-in-a-lifetime rarities that can make or break their lead, the birders race each other from Del Rio, Texas, in search of the rufous-capped warbler, to Gibsons, British Columbia, on a quest for Xantus' hummingbird..." . Audio Cassette. New/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Synopsis
Mark Obmascik was the lead writer for the Denver Post ’s Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage of the Columbine High School massacre. He has been writing on strange characters and the environment for many years. He is an avid outdoorsman and recently admitted to his own growing obsession with birds. He lives in Denver wit his wife and two sons.
Reviews
On Oct 5 2010, AutreVie said:
Very entertaining and well-written; sure to appeal to casual birders as well as driven, competitive individuals who look for new ways to win at anything. I was intrigued by the concept of a “Big Year,” in which otherwise sensible folks drop nearly everything else in their lives to ricochet around the continent for 365 days, trying to find and identify as many bird species as possible. The author weaves together the progress of three men attempting a North American Big Year in 1998, initially unbeknownst to each other.Although there are few rules and no referees, personal integrity keeps the competitors in check.The players include Sandy Komito (New Jersey, married), attempting a second Big Year; Al Levantin (Colorado, married); and Greg Miller (Maryland, single).The year sails by through Obmascik’s colorful prose and you will want to start it all over again. But a splendid bibliography offers other possibilities…
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature, and Fowl Obsession
- Author
- Obmascik, Mark
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- New New
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0739308971
- ISBN 13
- 9780739308974
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2004
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- Audio cassette; cassette; book on Tape; Oliver Wyman
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- Audiobooks;
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