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Genre/Form: | Literary collections Poetry Literature Anthologies Poésie |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Jaqueline Mitchell; Eric Fitch Daglish |
ISBN: | 9781851245291 1851245294 |
OCLC Number: | 1121602279 |
Notes: | Includes index. |
Description: | 263 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
Contents: | Introduction -- What is a bird? Definitions over time -- A birding year: Spring -- Inland: Field, hedgerow, pasture, woodland -- Bird song & songsters -- A birding year: Summer -- Birds in flight -- Hawks & eagles -- A birding year: Autumn -- Birds & us -- Outland: River, coast, sea, shore -- A birding year -- Index of authors -- Index of birds -- Index of illustrations -- Acknowledgements. |
Responsibility: | compiled by Jaqueline Mitchell ; woodcuts by Eric Fitch Daglish. |
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"For centuries, birds have inspired the abiding interest of writers, and it's easy to see why. . . . Studying birds inevitably leads to interest in a hundred other vivid realities of the natural world. That relationship resonates throughout the pages of Birds: An Anthology. . . Birds is really about the birds of the English countryside and how these flying wonders and their surrounding landscape shape each other. Among the standouts are contributions from Geoffrey Chaucer, William Shakespeare, George Eliot and Daniel Defoe." -- Danny Heitman * Wall Street Journal * "This is exactly the sort of book to have nearby when you're simply looking to relax and enjoy the power of the written word - as well as the sight of a well-wrought woodcut - to carry you away to somewhere peaceful and filled with birds." * The Well-Read Naturalist * Read more...

