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The verb "to bird" : sightings of an avid birder

Author: Peter Cashwell
Publisher: Philadelphia : Paul Dry Books, 2003.
Edition/Format:  Print book : English : 1st Paul Dry books edView all editions and formats
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All around the world, birds are the subject of intense, even spiritual, fascination, but relatively few people see the word "bird" as a verb. The author is one who does, and with good reason: He birds (because he can't help it) and he teaches grammar (because he's paid to). An English teacher by profession and an avid birder by inner calling, Cashwell has written a whimsical and critical book about his many  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Nonfiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Peter Cashwell
ISBN: 1589880005 9781589880009 1589880013 9781589880016
OCLC Number: 50858890
Description: x, 273 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Contents: Part 1 Birding --
Part 2 Birds --
Part 3 Birded --
Epilogue: First-Person Plural 261.
Responsibility: by Peter Cashwell ; illustrations by Grant Silverstein.

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All around the world, birds are the subject of intense, even spiritual, fascination, but relatively few people see the word "bird" as a verb. The author is one who does, and with good reason: He birds (because he can't help it) and he teaches grammar (because he's paid to). An English teacher by profession and an avid birder by inner calling, Cashwell has written a whimsical and critical book about his many obsessions--birds, birders, language, literature, parenting, pop culture, and the human race.

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