Shadowbirds: Story of a Quest for Rails - Hardcover

Burt, William H.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1558212930 ISBN 13: 9781558212930

Publisher: The Lyons Press, 1994

Synopsis

A personal account of the author's quest to photograph the elusive bird, the rail

About this title

From the Back Cover

"All the rails, it seems, are out to vex me personally." So writes William Burt in this remarkably absorbing and resonant account of his years spent in pursuit of photographs of rails - tiny, elusive marsh birds that are nearly impossible to find, let alone photograph. Shadowbirds chronicles his quest: the cameras that would not fire, the suspicious onlookers encountering Burt and his apparatus on deserted roadsides, the countless near-misses that make this chronicle of a self-imposed challenge, and his ultimate success, sometimes hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking, but always provocative and delightful.Yet Shadowbirds is more than the story of a single-minded search for birds. Indeed, it is the tale of the age-old human quest for things, elusive, mysterious, unattainable - a story as old as the Holy Grail and as current as our own dreams. All readers will find something of themselves in William Burt, whether they seek birds or other things. No one can fail to be captivated by this sensitive and telling book. (71/4 X 91/2, 186 pages, color photos, b&w photos)

Edition details

• Publisher: The Lyons Press
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1558212930
• ISBN 13: 9781558212930
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256