Hope Is the Thing With Feathers: A Personal Chronicle of Vanished Birds - Softcover

Cokinos, Christopher

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0446677493 ISBN 13: 9780446677493

Publisher: Grand Central Pub, 2001

Synopsis

The award-winning nature writer combines personal anecdotes and natural history to tell the story of the last days of six species of North American birds--the Passenger Pigeon, the Carolina Parakeet, the Great Auk, the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker, the Labrador Duck, and the Heath Hen. Reprint.

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Review:

aThis storyaof the ghost species still haunting this continentais full of power and mystery.a
aBill McKibben, author of "The End of Nature"
aA eulogy, a call to conservation, and a careful history.a
a"Chicago Tribune"
aCokinos 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.a
a"USA Today"
aLovingly persistent detective work brings back flashes of color, bits of song, and curious lore. This book deserves a wide and devoted readership.a
aSheila Nickerson, author of "Disappearance: A Map"
aA marvelous book, beautifully written and filled with a poetry of evocative detail.a
a"The Philadelphia Inquirer"
aEloquent and moving . . . a charming narrative that is both personal and historically meticulous.a
a"The Washington Post Book World"
aResounds with excitement.a
a"The Boston Globe"

"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

About the Author:

Christopher Cokinos is an award-winning writer and poet, and a professor of English at Utah State University. He has received the Whiting Writers' Award, the Glasgow Prize for an emerging writer in nonfiction, and the Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award.

About this edition

• Publisher: Grand Central Pub
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0446677493
• ISBN 13: 9780446677493
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 374