Feathers: The Evolution of a Natural Miracle - Hardcover

Hanson, Thor

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0465020135 ISBN 13: 9780465020133

Publisher: Basic Books, 2011

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Review:

"Feathers will encourage you to look at flight differently. In fact, it will make you want to gently pick up a sparrow and take a good look at what you have been missing... Damn good book."

--BBC Wildlife

"Thor Hanson's storytelling is enhanced by his infectious excitement... Hanson's tale is comprehensive, accurate, timely and engaging... Feathers is a compelling introduction to one of nature's wonders." --Nature

"(A) beautifully written account of the natural history of the feather, a seemingly simple object that is used not just by birds, but in many different ways throughout human civilization... Feathers is a historic and truly interesting insight into how an everyday object can be marvelled at."
--Cage & Aviary Birds

About the Author:

Thor Hanson is a conservation biologist, Switzer Environmental Fellow, and member of the Human Ecosystems Study Group. His first book, The Impenetrable Forest: My Gorilla Years in Uganda, won the 2008 USA Book News Award for nature writing. Hanson lives with his wife on an island in Washington State.

About this edition

• Publisher: Basic Books
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0465020135
• ISBN 13: 9780465020133
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256