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Paperback. Pub Date: 2009 Pages: 336 in Publisher: Chatto A journey of 6.000 miles across two continents and fourteen countries is nothing to swallows: they do it twice a year But for a writer and birdwatcher this is the expedition of a lifetime. By trains. cars. buses. motorbikes. trucks. canoes. planes. one camel and three ships. Horatio Clare followed migrating swallows (Hirundo rustica) from reed beds outside Bloemfontein. where millions roost in Feuary. to a barn in Wales . where a pair nest in May. From the slums of Cape Town to the palaces of Algiers. through Pygmy villages where pineapples grow wild. to the Gulf of Guinea where the sea blazes with oil flares. A Single Swallow is a journey through the modern world to the tune of an ancient rhythm.It is a story of old empires and modern tribes. of the horrors of power and the wonders of kindness. It includes a witch-do...
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`Clare has produced an enthusiastic, often elegiac, chronicle of his encounters with the swallows'
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A magical, thrilling journey and a hugely seductive book which combines the best travel and nature writing.
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- PublisherChatto & Windus
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 0701183136
- ISBN 13 9780701183134
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- Number of pages336
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Good. 327 pages. Cover worn.A journey of 6,000 miles across two con tinents and fourteen countries is nothing to swallows: they do it twice a year. But for a writer and birdwatcher, this is the expe dition of a lifetime. By trains, cars, buses, motorbikes, trucks, canoes, planes, one camel and three ships, Horatio Clare followe d migrating swallows (Hirundo rustica) from reed beds outside Blo emfontein, where millions roost in February, to a barn in Wales, where a pair nest in May. From the slums of Cape Town to the pala ces of Algiers, through Pygmy villages where pineapples grow wild , to the Gulf of Guinea where the sea blazes with oil flares, A S ingle Swallow is a journey through the modern world to the tune o f an ancient rhythm. It is a story of old empires and modern trib es, of the horrors of power and the wonders of kindness. It inclu des a witch-doctor's recipe for stewed swallow, explains how to t ravel without money or a passport, describes a terrifying inciden t involving three Spanish soldiers and a tiny orange dog, betrays several swallow secrets and proves that Wales exists only becaus e of Ryan Giggs. It also tests the wisdom of an ancient piece of hearsay: the Zulus say that those who follow the swallows never c ome back . . . Magical, inspiring, beautifully written with passi on and purpose, A Single Swallow is a thrilling book about the in tersection of the natural and the human worlds, sending shivers d own the spine and lifting the heart. Seller Inventory # 782ab
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